Chapter 103 South and South
As for the remaining subordinates of Zhang Xianzhong, most of them chose to surrender to the Xing Tianjun after receiving Zhang Xianzhong's handwritten letter, including Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu, as well as the former battalion general Erhu, right battalion general He Guoguan and others, who also surrendered to the Xing Tianjun. Only a few people were unwilling to surrender, but this Some people can't get into a climate. Xiao Tianjian is not interested in cleaning them up for the time being. It's not too late to deal with them after calming down Huguang.
In this way, Xiao Tianjian easily solved Zhang Xianzhong's big trouble with lightning speed. At the same time, he also included the northwest of Huguang, including Gucheng, Baokang, Nanzhang, Xingshan, Fangshan and other counties, into the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun, and ordered each department to transfer a small group of people to receive this. Some sites are responsible for the establishment of local reserve battalions stationed in these sites, and a group of temporary literati have been appointed to manage these places.
As for the tens of thousands of horses invested by Zhang Xianzhong, Xiao Tianjian selected them uniformly. The soldiers were not oiled at all, and the ruffians were eliminated. They were selected according to the criteria of the Xingtian Army's selection of soldiers, leaving more than 7,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 people were dismissed on the spot, arranging them to land for the people and return to their old skills. OK, continue to farm.
For Zhang Xianzhong, Xiao Tianjian will not eparate him with Luo Rucai. On the surface, he is very polite to him, but in essence, he is under house arrest. Considering that there are too many old parts around Xiangyang, there may be an accident, so after reorganization of his soldiers and horses, he moved Zhang Xianzhong's family to Jin. Looking for a place to manage it, Ronghua Fugui dared not guarantee that he would continue. At least for the time being, he should ensure the safety of his family's life, so that they can eat and wear warm clothes. For Xiao Tianjian's arrangement, although Zhang Xianzhong was full of displeasure, he did not dare to fart. He had to be honestly "escorted" by a team of guards on the road. On the way to Shanxi, he completely cut off the connection between him and the old department. What did he think about his old department?
Of course, I have to mention Xu Yixian and Pan Duao. When Xiao Tianjian captured Zhang Xianzhong, he also captured them together at the same time and privately recruited them into the account to chat. He found that these two people were relatively useful. Otherwise, they would not have been relied on by Zhang Xianzhong, so they He appeased them and asked them what they thought, whether to go or stay.
At this time, both of them are also shocked by the strength of Xing Tianjun. The reason why literati like them are "thieves" is that they are not calm people. They just want to do something out in this troubled world. At present, they are all the people the court wants to arrest and kill. Zhang Xianzhong is over. There is no need to think about it. People like them will not follow Zhang Xianzhong to the dark. At the same time, they all find that Xiao Tianjian is actually not the kind of kind of soft-hearted person. Compared with Zhang Xianzhong, he is more heroic. Now let them decide to stay by themselves. In fact, it depends on the performance of the two of them.
That's bullshit. Where can I go? There are still a few people in the world now, and only Li Zicheng has a higher reputation all the way? However, when the two of them assisted Zhang Xianzhong, they had a gap with Li Zicheng, so there was no place to go at all, so both of them could only choose to stay and follow Xiao Tianjian. Although in the Xingtian Army, their status may be much lower than when they followed Zhang Xianzhong, at least they can stay together. So both of them immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty to Xiao Tianjian, expressing their willingness to follow Xiao Tianjian from then on.
Of course, Xiao Tianjian laughed at the two of them. In fact, in Xiao Tianjian's heart, as long as these two people say go, he will immediately send someone to kill them. It is also a scourge to leave such people to others. They must not be let go. As for the two of them, they are also very wise. He chose to stay, so Xiao Tianjian ordered them to temporarily join the army, that is, the work of the staff, which belongs to Li Xin's staff for the time being. In the future, it depends on their strengths before deciding whether they are the main civil affairs or the military affairs.
After destroying Zhang Xianzhong this time, Xiao Tianjian also seized a lot of Zhang Xianzhong's armor. Of course, over the years, Zhang Xianzhong has made a lot of money in the southern and northern battles. Although he spent a lot during the dormant period of Gucheng, at least Zhang Xianzhong still has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in stock, which has also been accepted by Xiao Tianjian.
After solving Zhang Xianzhong's big trouble, Xiao Tianjian had no worries. He immediately gathered together to discuss the next step. After discussion, Xiao Tianjian officially once again asked Li Xin to write a question about the current court. The article once again listed all kinds of wrongs of the court, recruit heroes from all over the world and discuss together. In addition, it was announced that once Xing Tianjun took Huguang, he would immediately be exempted from the harsh and miscellaneous taxes on the people of Huguang, leaving only the taxes they should pay, and at the same time, they will be given a two-year discount.
Xiao Tianjian can't learn from what Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng did at the beginning. In order to buy people's hearts, he often called for exemption for three or five years. Li Zicheng even simply called out some bullshit slogans that he didn't pay for food. If it's really like them, the world would be exempted! What will Xing Tianjun rely on to eat and drink in the future? Therefore, what he wants is to re-establish a normal and reasonable tax system. On the one hand, it is easier for the people to benefit, and on the other hand, it can also collect taxes to meet the military and administrative expenses of the Xingtian Army.
In addition, Xiao Tianjian also withdrew 200,000 taels of silver from the belongings obtained in the battle of Xiangyang to help the surrounding refugees affected by the military disaster and resettle them on the land and resume agricultural production as soon as possible. At present, money is not important. The most important thing is to have food and be able to feed people. If he only cares about it. If he grabs the territory, he ignores this point. In the future, when he really wins the world, the people still don't eat or drink. He still can't go to prison in the world.
So he keeps this in mind at any time, that is, whenever he has a place, he will run a place and restore agricultural production as soon as possible, so that the people can get the most basic living capital. In fact, it is easy for ordinary people to appease him. As long as they have food to eat, they will not starve to death, and few people will want to Take the risk, go get a knife and play with your life.
With the release of this article on the imperial court in Xiangyang and the relief of the victims, the news soon spread in the area of Huguang. The people have really suffered a lot over the years. After hearing about it, Xing Tianjun looked forward to it. In many places, some people spontaneously pulled the pole to do it, just waiting. As soon as Xing Tianjun arrived, they immediately responded.
As for the use of troops, part of the staff of the staff of the staff department thought that the whole army could go south, take Jingzhou in one fell swoop, and then go south along the Yangtze River to capture Wuhan. However, Li Xin objected and put forward a plan to divide the troops and suggested that Xiao Tianjian use a man. Attack Suizhou, contain the officers and troops from the north, then the main force goes south to attack Jingzhou, and then the two soldiers and horses go hand in hand, and go to Wuhan, which will be safer.
After Xiao Tianjian considered it, he adopted Li Xin's suggestion and ordered Luo Li to lead his headquarters, assisted by Xu Yixian, and led his troops to attack Suizhou, while Li Shuanzhu's troops left some people to sit in Xiangyang with Zhao Erlu. On the one hand, he controlled Xiangyang to avoid being taken back by the officers and soldiers. In addition, It also monitors the officers and soldiers in Yunyang to prevent the officers and soldiers from Sichuan and Shaanxi from taking advantage of the gap to advance eastward.
The rest of the people took the guard division as the main force and followed Xiao Tianjian south to Jingzhou to fight against Zuo Liangyu, taking advantage of the situation to capture the area of Jingzhou.
After agreeing on the plan, Xing Tianjun, which had rested for a period of time, took action again. Luo Li immediately led his troops from Zaoyang and attacked and killed them in the direction of Suizhou, while Xiao Tianjian led a large number of people and horses and began to go south along the Han water, water, water and land routes, and went straight to Jingzhou's gateway to Chengtianfu.
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