Chapter 4 The Fourth of July
Chen Wen has made a calculation about the raw materials, but the stalls that divide the land are still a bit big now, and Quzhou is still in a state of war. These calculations can only be thoughts for the time being.
However, as the production is recently carried out according to standardization, the difference between each firearm begins to narrow, and the fixed charge package is also put on the production schedule. After several rounds of experiments on the newly produced muskets, the Military Industry Department quickly obtained a sufficient amount of fire to ensure the fire of the muskets and fill it with it. On the battlefield, the musketsmen just bite or tear open the paper muskets and directly introduce the muskets. There is no need to distract themselves from estimating the amount of imported gunpowder during fierce battles, reducing the possibility of insufficient gunpowder or blowing up the chamber.
However, mass production of wheeled bolts is still a problem. Chen Wen had to install the produced Lumi guns for the time being. In addition, other Lumi guns produced according to the needs of expansion and loss still use old-fashioned mesh guns. As for bird guns, because there is a certain degree of insufficient power to destroy the well-built cotton armor with more equipment in the Qing army, production will no longer continue, and the bird guns of various units have also begun to enter the rotation and elimination stage.
Purely material power, it began to improve, based on the basic common sense of "spiritual civilization and material civilization, both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong". On this day of July 4, the sixth year of Yongli, on this day that was destined to be engraved in history, the Huaxia Revival Society was established in a renovated house in the capital city of Jinhua Prefecture. This day was also the day when the first group of members took the oath to join the club.
Chen Wen pondered the program and charter of the Chinese Revival Association for a few days, and stayed up with Zhou Jingting for two nights, and finally got it out. Of course, I mainly thank the ideological and political courses, programs and charters when I was young, many of which were copied from the Party Constitution of the Republic era, but were revised to a certain extent based on this era.
At this moment, the flag with bamboo slips embroidered on the red background and the spring and autumn style ancient sword crossed on it was hung in the main seat of the hall. Below it was an altar table, enshrined with the statue of Xuanyuan Huangdi, holding the bamboo slips with one hand and holding the sword with the other. Since it was a revival of China, it was naturally necessary to enshrined Xuanyuan Huangdi. Chen Wen respectfully lit three incense sticks in front of the first group of members who were about to join the society, and then began to read the opening speech.
The opening speech was written by Zhou Jingting. The Chinese Revival Society itself is based on the ancient Chinese nationalist thought represented by the defense of the barbarians and Xia advocated by Confucianism. Therefore, the opening speech, program and constitution written by Zhou Jingting were also created from the Confucian classics and were fabricated from the Confucian classics.
In Chen Wen's era, Confucianism was passed down for two thousand years. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, as local theories could not achieve national prosperity, people began to learn from other countries, and Confucianism began to be gradually replaced by imported goods. Although Confucianism was not completely extinct, it was no longer the mainstream of social thought. However, in this era, Confucianism still occupied a dominant position. Even the barbarian king Yijun wanted to package his orthodox in the Confucianism, so that it was convenient to strengthen its rule by the ethics of the monarch and ministers.
In this era, the Chinese have not yet been defeated by the West. It is 100% impossible to succeed in completely abandoning Confucianism and taking unknown foreign ideas as their purpose. Chen Wen did not know whether his method of reaffirming the defense of the barbarians and Xia, and integrating the core Confucian "benevolence" with modern nationalist ideas can be successful, nor do he know what impact it will have on the future.
After completing the oath, the next step is to express the determination of the new members to the club, and they will not leave until the closing speech is completed. However, there is still an organization meeting tomorrow, and they still need to come and participate in preparation for expanding the organization and including more members.
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At the same time, in the distant Guangxi battlefield, Li Dingguo knew nothing about the scene in Zhejiang and Chen Wen, who was interested in getting some joy. Besides, even if he knew this, he would not have so much time to think about it at this moment, because the battle to regain Guangxi had reached its last moment.
In April of the sixth year of Yongli, Li Dingguo entered Hunan from Guizhou. In mid-May, Feng Shuangli, who had confronted the Qing army for a year, joined forces with Feng Shuangli, who had confronted the Qing army for a year, besieged Jingzhou. He soon defeated the reinforcements sent by Xushun Duke Shen Yongzhong, annihilated 5,163 Qing army (including 103 Manchu soldiers), and took advantage of the victory to recover Jingzhou and Wugang Prefecture, which is known in history as the great victory in Jingzhou.
Next, Shen Yongzhong, who had lost his troops and generals, fled north in a hurry under the fierce offensive and hopelessness of seeking help. In the next few months, the Southwest Ming army, dominated by the Daxi Army, quickly recovered other prefectures and counties in Hunan except Yuezhou, Changde and Chenzhou, and even the provincial capital of Hunan Changsha, was no exception. He almost recovered the entire Hunan in one breath.
A month after winning the Jingzhou victory, he found that Shen Yongzhong and the entire Qing army in Hunan were unable to resist. Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli divided their troops and led a Ming army from Wugang and Xinning to Quanzhou. On June 28 a few days ago, the Qing army in Quanzhou was annihilated. The generals of Kong Youde, Sun Long and Li Yang, who had just sent only a month, were all shot dead by the Ming army. The next day, Kong Youde, who personally raised the army, was defeated again by Li Dingguo. Historical records "floating corpses covered the river" and had to retreat to Guilin.
The Ming army approached Guilin on June 30th. Kong Youde knew he could not resist, so he sent a letter to Guo'an, the admiral line guarding Nanning on the second day of July, as well as Ma Xiong, the left-wing general guarding Wuzhou, and Ma Xiong, the right-wing general guarding Liuzhou, and all the troops abandoned the place and returned to the capital of Guilin. At the same time, Li Dingguo quickly surrounded Guilin and was out of touch. By this time, Wushengmen had been captured by the Ming army, and the army swarmed in, intending to wipe out the final resistance of the Qing army.
In Guilin's former Jingjiang Palace and now the Dingnan Palace, Kong Youde, the Dingnan King, one of the three Shun Kings of the Qing Dynasty, learned that the Ming army had entered the city and slashed dozens of palace servants with a knife, and then returned to the back hall where a large amount of treasures were stored.
Looking at the boxes of dazzling gold, silver, jewelry, jade and antiques, Kong Youde couldn't help but remember that he was besieged by the Ming army in Dengzhou after the Wuqiao mutiny. At that time, he was in urgent need of a large number of treasures due to the continuous massacre of the city, but he was not as sad as today.
Kong Youde was a native of Gaizhou Guard in Liaodong. His family was a Tieling miner. After Nurhaci captured Tieling, his family organized a miner riot and fled to Liaodong after failing to organize a miner riot. He once made great contributions to the Guangning Army's guerrilla war. In the second year of Tianqi, Shaling was defeated and Guangning Army was destroyed. He ruled Xiong Tingbi, governor Wang Huazhen abandoned Tu. Kong Youde fled to Lushun and began to be a general under the tent of Mao Wenlong, the general of Dongjiang.
However, the good times did not last long. In the first year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan, the Ji Liao general, was arbitrarily killed Mao Wenlong, and Mao Wenlong's successor Chen Jisheng died soon at the hands of Liu Xingzhi, the Dongjiang Town was in chaos, and Kong Youde and others were dissatisfied with the new general Huang Long, who was born in the western Liao Dynasty, led the crowd to join the governor of Denglai, Sun Yuanhua, and became the new army trained by Sun Yuanhua with European artillery.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army besieged Daling River. Kong Youde was ordered to rush to help and arrived at Wuqiao. The military supplies were insufficient, and the soldiers robbed the soldiers and mutiny broke out. The second year, the Ming court failed to recruit and pacify, and the Guanning army was ordered to quell the rebellion. Kong Youde and other rebels were defeated and were forced to abandon Dengzhou and surrender to the previous life-and-death enemy of the Qing Dynasty. Since then, many of the Qing Dynasty have fought in the past.
In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, and Kong Youde followed Duoduo to suppress the anti-Qing movement in Jiangnan. Later, he was appointed as the General Pingnan and was ordered to attack Guangxi. In the fourth year of Yongli, he captured Guilin. In this battle, Zhu Hengqi, King of Jingjiang, Qu Shishi, the Grand Secretary of the Army, and Zhang Tongchang, the Governor of Guangxi, were all killed by Kong Youde because he refused to surrender after the war.
Since capturing Guilin in the fourth year of Yongli and taking over the entire Guangxi, Kong Youde sent his generals to guard all places, and his family became a wealthy prince in Guilin by levying and levying a scattered tax. However, at this moment, the Ming army had already entered the provincial capital. Looking back, Kong Youde looked at these gold, silver and jewelry, feeling sad and regretful.
When their father and son led the Tieling riot, his father was killed by the Qing army. With the belief of revenge, Kong Youde joined the Ming army in Liaodong. Over the years, he accumulated merits and became a guerrilla general. He was brave. Later, even though Shaling was defeated and the Guangning army was destroyed, he never gave up his belief and fled to Lushun and joined Mao Wenlong's tent. In the following years, he made many military achievements.
However, with Mao Wenlong and Chen Jisheng dying one after another, the chaos in Dongjiang Town and the exclusion of Liaodong warriors in Shandong, mutiny caused by "going to the Daling River to die" and the shortage of food and fodder.
In the following days, there was no possibility of turning back after taking a wrong step. Between life and death, he soon forgot his blood feud and chose to join his former enemy who killed his father. After that, he made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty. By slaughtering the people, Kong Youde was given the throne of King Gongsun, and later changed his title to King Dingnan, captured and guarded Guangxi for the Qing Dynasty.
Along the way, Kong Youde, a powerful general who once fought against the Qing army on the battlefield in Liaodong, has completely become a lackey of a foreign race, immersed in the life of shaking his tail and begging for mercy at the foot of the Qing Dynasty to gain wealth, and biting any Han family man who dared to fight against the invasion of the foreign race to death for his master, just like killing the former him.
Until today, Li Dingguo, the commander of the Ming army he had never heard of, a former Western bandit bandit, defeated the Qing army in Hunan with a devastating momentum, and beat Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xu Shun who had once asked for help but was rejected because of personal grudges, and fled northward with a few legs. Today, he even entered Guangxi in one fell swoop, capturing the provincial capital he personally guarded, forcing him to a desperate situation.
Two days ago, Kong Youde, who was once shaken, planned to surrender to the Ming army, and sent a military general who was familiar with Li Dingguo's general Ma Jinzhong to inquire. At least at that time, he firmly believed that with the title of King Dingnan, other prefectures and garrisons in Guangxi, as well as his relationship with the two feudals of Pingnan and Jingnan, he should be able to get rich and honor, just to change his sect.
However, after years of support, he had already developed fear of the Qing Dynasty. He was hesitant at this moment. The Ming army had captured the city gate. The limited defenders could not expel the Ming army again, and he also gave up his plan to surrender. Because it was not until the moment the city was broken that he completely thought it through. This hesitation was not just from fear. As the Qing Dynasty slaughtered so many Han people, he no longer had the face to return to the camp of the Ming court.
"Dad, Mao Shuai, I have let you down. Not only did I not avenge you, but I also turned to the Tartars for fear of death. I have no shame to see you again."
After saying that, Kong Youde threw the torch in his hand on the flammable brocade, and put his backhanded waist knife dripping with blood on his neck. Just as the blood splashed out, he fell heavily into the sea of fire, learning about this sinful and ridiculous life. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!