Chapter 170 Troops Enter Sichuan, Governor Qin Liangyu

Wang Chao naturally received the news of the dissatisfaction of many scholars.

However, he ignored it and continued to do his own thing.

If you want to be an official in the Salvation Army, then go to the grassroots and be a village chief for me.

At present, Wang Chao has no idea of ​​breaking the current system.

If you can't even manage a village, how can you say you can be a county magistrate or a prefect?

After a while of noise, seeing that no one paid attention to them, some people began to change their strategy, took the initiative to study the policies of the Salvation Army, began to go deep into the countryside, and tried to join the agricultural society and become village chiefs.

Of course, there are always some people who don't recognize the situation and are self-righteous, and they began to criticize the Salvation Army.

If it's just some complaints, neither Wang Chao nor the officials and constables will pay attention to them.

However, once it involves personal insults, if you slander and insult the Salvation Army in public, then I'm sorry, more than half a year, less than three to five years of labor reform, learn about it.

For example, those who promote the Salvation Army everywhere, ignore the teachings of saints, do not value scholars, are brutal and cruel, etc., will inevitably fail to achieve anything and will be overthrown.

It's fine to discuss privately, but he openly promotes it everywhere. He Chao and his Salvation Army are not without temper.

Then, these self-righteous scholars who read the books of saints were arrested by the patrol officers and thrown into prison. After trial, they were sent to the construction site to do hard labor.

However, the overall start is indeed much better than when Lintao and Gongchang Prefecture were just occupied.

After all, although there are scholars who oppose, there are also many supporters.

Moreover, the dynasty had intended to cultivate talents for official management before, and the team of officials in the Salvation Army was often bloated.

Often, there are more than a dozen people in the head of a department and the deputy minister, and the doctor even arranges three or two deputy positions for them.

They don't have to do much, just learn more, learn management from a doctor, and assist the doctor to do some things.

So this time, although the talent has become a little tight, it is not to the extent of shortage.

Even if some more are withdrawn, the normal operation of work in various places can be maintained, but it will become a little busier.

Therefore, the dynasty did not stop the pace of expansion, but when deploying defenses in the Yellow River, Henan, Huguang and other places, and at the junction with Shaanxi, it was still deploying troops and recruiting new soldiers.

Armies began to gather in the south.

Since they want to continue to expand outward, Sichuan, as a place that military strategists have always fought for, rich in products, and known as the Land of Abundance in ancient times, is naturally the first target of the dynasty.

However, this time, the dynasty did not go with the army, but ordered Li Yu and Wang Shi to lead 20,000 troops to attack Sichuan in two ways.

In fact, the construction of the Shaanxi Provincial Administration Commission cannot be separated from the dynasty for the time being.

He needs to coordinate and deal with disputes and contradictions between all parties.

Fortunately, the current status of heaven and earth can already send and receive information, which greatly saves the time of transmitting information back and forth, and allows the dynasty to understand the situation in various places in real time.

In April of the third year of Chongzhen, western Shaanxi, Shaanxi Xingdusi, as well as Yumenguan, Guazhou, Shazhou and other places, once again obtained a bumper harvest.

The newly occupied areas in eastern Shaanxi have also quickly resumed production, the land has turned green, and the people have hope and expectations in their hearts.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in northern Sichuan, causing panic among the defenders in various parts of Sichuan.

As for, isn't it 20,000 troops? How did it become hundreds of thousands of troops?

That's because the real front-line combat troops are indeed only 20,000, and they are divided into two routes, east and west.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of people include logistics troops for transporting food and supplies, as well as members of the agricultural cooperatives and officials at all levels withdrawn by the dynasty, in order to occupy and control one place and advance steadily.

And more of them are still the Construction Corps, a full 80,000 people.

It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, as difficult as ascending to the sky. Since the dynasty wants to attack Sichuan, how can it not consider these things?

Wherever the army of the people's salvation army passes, it will not only turn the rugged road into a smooth one, but also make it convenient for travel.

This 80,000-man construction corps, everyone has mastered the relevant magical powers.

Seventy-two techniques of the earthly evil: earth walking, moving, leaping rocks, penetrating stones, finger transformation, and wall opening.

Almost just walking along, a flat and wide road was opened up in the vast steep mountains.

On the other hand, when Lin Danhan learned this information from the merchants who had been doing business in the territory of the people's salvation army, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, for those Han people in the Central Plains, the grassland is a piece of chicken ribs.

As long as they are not too much, those Han people are not willing to take the initiative to attack them.

And this time, only a hundred people died, which is really nothing.

On the contrary, their grassland warriors died more than 10,000, and he also destroyed some small tribes by the way, so that it would be convenient for the people's salvation army to shirk when they were asked to punish.

After Wang Shi and Li Yu entered Sichuan, they faced the city blocking their way, but they had not yet ordered an attack, and the defenders had already opened the gates and surrendered.

As the defenders at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, they knew the combat power of the Salvation Army and the lives of the people in the Salvation Army.

For such a long time, countless people had quietly run to the Salvation Army territory.

In addition, the dynasty had never restricted the Salvation Army's communication with the outside world.

Gradually, the population of a large area at the junction of the two provinces has gradually mixed together. It is unknown which ones are from Sichuan and which ones are from the Salvation Army.

In other words, many Sichuan people have joined the Salvation Army and even become members of the Farmers' Society. They have entered Sichuan and started to publicize the policies of the Salvation Army and recruit people to join the Farmers' Society.

This city near Shaanxi, which is said to be a city of the Ming Dynasty, has been completely stained with the color of the Salvation Army.

From the common people to the garrison, not to say that all of them have joined the Salvation Army, at least they are yearning for it.

Of course, as vested interests, dignitaries, officials and generals are naturally unwilling to be ordinary people under the rule of the Salvation Army.

However, they don't have any good way to prohibit it.

They can only do their best and leave it to fate, and issue an order prohibiting contact with the Salvation Army.

As for whether anyone listens.

Probably not.

In the end, the common people and garrison have already turned to the Salvation Army. What can those generals and officials do even if they don't want to?

After all, they are only a very small minority. If they really dare to suppress them by force, do you believe that they will be killed in a minute?

In fact, they have long been sidelined, and the real power is held by some members of the agricultural cooperatives who have sneaked in.

As for those officials, they are just mascots in the open.

And they themselves have given up all resistance and completely laid down.

Whatever you want.

Of course, those who have a little connection have been transferred to the vicinity of Chengdu, or even other provinces.

Those cities are still nominally under the Ming Dynasty only because the Salvation Army did not attack Sichuan before.

When the Salvation Army began to attack Sichuan, these cities naturally opened the city gates at the first time and beat gongs and drums to welcome the Salvation Army into the city.

It is no more than that to welcome the king's army with food and drink.

Riding on horseback, Wuping and Chenying were full of emotion.

Such a scene will never be seen in the Ming Dynasty.

It can only be said that the Ming Dynasty has come to an end, and it is time for the Salvation Army to rebuild the country.

The next section of the journey is to build roads, rush to the city, and arrange officials to take over the management of the city.

If the real power in the city is the member of the Salvation Army, then directly promote him.

In this way, for nearly half a month, the Salvation Army, which was well prepared, has not even fought a single battle.

The emergence of this situation, whether it is Wang Shi or Li Yu, is a bit amused.

They led 20,000 troops with great fanfare and solemnity, and divided their troops to attack Sichuan, but they didn't even have a chance to fight.

What is this?

It was not until the army passed Long'an Prefecture and Baoning Prefecture and entered Chengdu Prefecture, Tongchuan Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture and other places that they began to encounter resistance.

At this time, Chongzhen finally received the news and was stunned on the spot. Many other ministers were not much better.

Is this Salvation Army really that powerful?

It took more than two months to occupy Shaanxi, and it took only one month to invade Sichuan.

If the ministers were the most anxious, it was Qin Liangyu, a famous female general in the late Ming Dynasty.

After all, Qin Liangyu's hometown was the Sichuan Shizhu Xuanwei Office. The Salvation Army attacked Sichuan, so it was impossible to let it go.

At the first time, Qin Liangyu asked to lead troops back to Sichuan to fight against the invasion of the Salvation Army.

Faced with Qin Liangyu's request, Chongzhen naturally had no objection.

Even after some hesitation, he directly appointed her as the Governor of Sichuan.

You know, Qin Liangyu, as a female general, fought on the battlefield, which was rare in ancient times.

But now, Chongzhen actually appointed her as the Governor of Sichuan, which was extremely bold.

It must be said here that Chongzhen was impatient, narrow-minded, sensitive, suspicious, and stubborn, but sometimes he would also give great credit to his generals.

It's just that this time was a bit short.

For example, Yuan Chonghuan, that guy said that he would pacify Liao in five years, and he really believed it, and even gave him the imperial sword.

Then Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, and then he killed Yuan Chonghuan.

At this time, thanks to Qin Liangyu's previous bravery in the battle when he was loyal to the king, and because she was also a Sichuan general and had great experience in fighting in Sichuan, she was directly appointed as the governor of Sichuan.

After hearing Chongzhen's appointment, a group of ministers were stunned at first, and then they came out one after another and asked Chongzhen to withdraw his order.

What a joke, Qin Liangyu led the army as a woman, which already made them very unhappy. Now they are going to appoint her as the governor of a province. How absurd is this?

However, Chongzhen, who had already regretted it after he finished speaking, suddenly became rebellious after seeing many ministers come out to dissuade him.

You don't let me appoint Qin Liangyu as the governor of Sichuan, and I have to appoint Qin Liangyu as the governor of Sichuan.

Just like what he said in the poem he wrote for Qin Liangyu.

Learn the Eight Formations of Xichuan, hold the military order in the mandarin duck sleeves;

Women are willing to accept, why must the general be the husband.

The Shu brocade battle robe is made by myself, and the peach blossom horse asks for the long tassel;

There are so many extraordinary men in the world, who are willing to travel thousands of miles on the battlefield!

What's wrong with women?

Before, in the capital, so many men did not dare to fight with the enemy, but Qin Liangyu, as a woman, dared to fight with the Houjin army. Isn't she better than the gentlemen in this hall?

In the end, a group of ministers compromised.

What good will they get if they confront the emperor?

Emperor Chongzhen had been in office for three years, and he had changed several prime ministers. The incident of Yuan Chonghuan being tortured to death was just around the corner.

After receiving the imperial order, Qin Liangyu immediately led her white-pole soldiers to Sichuan.

Well, although she became the governor of Sichuan, her subordinates were still her white-pole soldiers. Even for money and food, Chongzhen only gave less than 3,000 taels as a token.

Chongzhen only said one sentence, and the rest would be raised by himself.

In short, whether it was the army or money and food, Qin Liangyu needed to figure it out by herself.