Chapter 333 Wolf Soldiers
Zhao Hongcan's life in Guangxi was pretty good. Now Guangxi has all changed to his people. Those who do not cooperate, such as Liang Shixun and others have been placed under house arrest by Zhao Hongcan. As for the army, there are several generals who have Guo Yonghe defected to him. Zhao Hongcan is now nominally the local emperor of Guangxi, but he is still a minister of the Qing Dynasty in name.
Liang Shixun and others who were under house arrest did not let go. Even when he received Kangxi's imperial edict, he refused the reason why these people were in poor health and were not in good condition for a long journey. These people were like hostages in their hands. How could Zhao Hongcan let them go easily?
What's more, Kangxi pinched his nose and recognized his affairs in Guangxi. The imperial edict sent not only did not scold him, but also comforted him. At the same time, he also issued an order to recognize the appointment of the admiral of Guangxi, which made Zhao Hongcan even more calm and calm.
Zhu Yicheng asked Zhang Ran to find a way to surrender Zhao Hongcan before, but he thought that this guy was polite to the people of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but he just dragged the truth. Moreover, after Zhao Hongcan mastered the military and political affairs of Guangxi, he recruited soldiers and trained troops in Guangxi, as if he wanted to fight this local emperor forever. Even Zhang Ran sent people to spread the news that Zhao Hongcan wanted to support his troops and relied on his own, as if he was not afraid of boiling water.
On this day, Zhao Hongcan took people to visit Cao. With his support, Guo Yong gathered elite soldiers from various towns in Guangxi and nearly 10,000 selected recruits to train a new force. This force is still in the name of Beihai Town, but in fact it already has the private title of Zhao's army.
The entire army had 35,000 people, more than twice the size of Beihai Town before. Not only were they well-equipped, but they also received excellent treatment. There were also many elite soldiers selected from Guangxi mountain people. Since ancient times, the Guangxi soldiers have been known for their bravery and good combat. In the previous period, the famous wolf soldiers were even more famous. They not only made great achievements in the battle against the enemy, but also made the enemy terrified on the battlefields of Liaodong and Central Plains later.
Someone once lamented that if there were 100,000 wolve soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty would not be able to enter the gate, let alone be able to sit in the world. In later generations, Hong Xiuquan also carried out the Northern Expedition with the Guangxi soldiers and almost captured the world. As for the War of Resistance Against Japan, let alone the strength of the Guangxi warlords is recognized, and even Chang Kaishen's Central Army was not a waste of time. He was even more tit-for-tat with the Japanese, and he was not at all inferior.
As the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhao Hongcan certainly knew the power of the wolf soldiers for a long time, so after he arrived in Guangxi, he called the silver from the vassal treasury to open the way, and finally recruited these people from the local chieftains, and then formed this new force based on Beihai Town.
It can be said that this so-called Zhao family army is now Zhao Hongcan's trump card, and he has high hopes for it. Today, his main purpose is to see the strength of this army with his own eyes, and to let those who are traveling together know that Zhao Hongcan has the ability to protect Guangxi.
The training of the training went very smoothly. With Guo Yong's careful training, this army was extremely elite, especially when conducting the formation training, the shocking sound of killing made some civil servants who participated in the inspection of the training scare and pale their faces. Zhao Hongcan looked at these people proudly, and was extremely satisfied. After the training of the training, he rewarded the underground generously, which attracted cheers from the army.
"Sir, how about my Beihai Town?" Zhao Hongcan asked a senior official standing next to him with a smile.
This person is no other person, but he was lucky enough to be appointed by Kangxi to the Secretary of the Lifan Academy, the Minister of Shangshu, the Minister of the Guards, and the Minister of Political Affairs.
Zhao Hongcan abandoned Guangdong and left Guangxi alone, and entered Guangxi as if it were a separatist, which led to all the preparations before Kangxi failed. Kangxi was furious and had no choice but to win over Zhao Hongcan, and to avoid Guangxi's defeat in the enemy, he could only acknowledge the facts. However, Kangxi was extremely angry with A Linga. Although there was no direct evidence, he believed that Zhao Hongcan's incident must have been leaked by A Linga. Therefore, A Linga, a dignified minister of the court, was kicked to Guangxi by Kangxi and let him die.
After arriving in Guangxi, A Ling A was like a clay Buddha, without any opinion on Guangxi's military and political affairs, nor did he interfere in any specific matters. He knew very well why Kangxi did this, and he also knew that Zhao Hongcan's news was indeed leaked by himself, but at this point, what can he do with his identity and status? Everything was too late, and the disheartened A Ling A could only face the reality with this attitude.
However, Zhao Hongcan still respects Ah Linga. Not only did he arrange a great place to live, but he also restricted his free access. Even some political affairs sometimes asked Ah Linga's views. Of course, Ah Linga never expressed his opinion, but he did not refuse. Both sides seemed to be tacit, forming a balance with this delicate relationship.
When he heard Zhao Hongcan's inquiry in his ear, A Ling did not answer. Although the Zhao family's ability to fuck him was indeed a little surprised, especially the fierceness of the ten thousand wolf soldiers made him even more shocked. No wonder Man Ren suffered a great loss under the army's wolf soldiers before entering the pass. These dark and thin Guangxi wolf soldiers were indeed not simple. Just standing there, he felt the ferocity that spread from their bones.
"What? Lord A is dissatisfied with this army? Haha, Lord A has always been knowledgeable. Can you comment on it? It is also possible for me to check the missing points and let the people below practice well."
Hearing Zhao Hongcan say this, A Ling sighed softly: "Soldiers are good soldiers, and generals are also good generals. It's a pity that they are a little late. If these soldiers were placed in Guangzhou half a year ago, how could the pseudo-Ming defeat Guangdong?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Hongcan's face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. He smiled and nodded and said, "Mr. A is worthy of being an important official of the court, which is in this sentence! But one time and another, the general was not in Guangxi, and there was no full support from the court. If the emperor could have been as Lord A thought now, how could Guangdong fall into the opponent?"
A Linga was a mocking Zhao Hongcan for not being wholeheartedly guarding Guangdong. Zhao Hongcan also used this to tell A Linga that the crime of losing Guangdong was not his fault, but Kangxi and the court. As the governor of the two provinces, if Zhao Hongcan had given him the right to act cheaply earlier and let him perform, how could he be like this today?
A Ling didn't answer for a long time, and Zhao Hongcan stopped asking. After the whole thing was over, they returned to the city together.
Two days later, A Linga suddenly sent someone to send a message to Zhao Hongcan, saying that he was preparing a banquet to invite Zhao Hongcan to drink. Zhao Hongcan did not refuse and agreed readily. In the evening of that day, Zhao Hongcan brought a few entourages to A Linga's mansion. A Linga was already waiting for him. The two entered the house and came to the table. Facing a table of good wine and dishes, A Linga took the initiative to pour two glasses of wine and drink it all first, and then took a bite of the dishes on the table.
"Sir, there is no need to be like this, right?" Zhao Hongcan certainly understood the reason why Ah Ling did this, and shook his head with a smile.
"I have been in Guangxi for some time and have not been able to get together with Lord Zhao. Today, I think it is better to be honest with each other so as not to misunderstand Lord Zhao." A Linga put down the wine glass and sat down, and said calmly.
Zhao Hongcan sighed softly, picked up the wine glass with one hand, and glanced at A Ling: "Sir, it's still Zhao who has implicated you. Isn't it for you to compensate you for this glass of wine?"
After saying that, Zhao Hongcan raised his glass and drank the wine in the glass, while A Linga looked at Zhao Hongcan with a complicated expression, but without any other moves.
Zhao Hongcan picked up the wine pot, filled it with both sides, put it down and said, "I don't need to say anything more. The current situation has not been what I thought from the beginning, and this step by step is also a helpless move. Lord A has been here in Guangxi for many days, and Zhao has been negligent, so please don't blame him."
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Hongcan raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp. At this time, A Ling finally picked up the wine glass in front of him, hesitated for a while and drank the wine in the glass.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongcan smiled and the atmosphere in the room became much more relaxed.
After drinking, A Linga sighed softly and said, "I invite Lord Zhao to come today. I just want to ask Lord Zhao's future plans. Lord Zhao spent such a price to cultivate elite soldiers, don't he just want to protect himself, right?"
"How about self-protection? So what if you want it?" Zhao Hongcan asked intentionally. A Ling's eyes flashed, but he didn't speak. Zhao Hongcan smiled and replied as if he asked himself: "Actually, I do this to protect myself and for my Qing Dynasty!"
Seeing A Ling's gaze coming to ask, Zhao Hongcan sighed, "Does Lord A think I, Zhao, have the ambition to the world? If I think so, I would be very wrong. What kind of person I am, I know in my heart that if I let me governor or governor, or join the dynasty to take charge of a department, it would be fine, but if I wanted to compete for the world, it would be too despised by me Zhao Hongcan. What's more, if I wanted to win Ming, I could lead my troops to rebel as early as Guangzhou and directly surrender to Pseudo-Ming, why should I come to this poor place in Guangxi to suffer? Lord A should know that the Pseudo-Ming Emperor is not a narrow-minded person. Even the seventh-rank county magistrate of Liao Huan, was valued and replaced by his ministers. Can't I, Zhao Hongcan, be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi be reused?"
Chapter completed!