Dominate the Country

[The last chapter before Guo Run, please add it to your collection]

Junzhou is the Danjiangkou City of later generations. It is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Han River and at the junction of Hubei and Henan provinces. It is adjacent to Xiangyang, an important town in Hubei, in the east, Yunyang, an important military town in the west, Fangxian, a thousand miles away, in the south, and Nanyang, an important place in western Henan, in the north. The famous Wudang Mountain is also located in this state.

After the construction of the Danjiangkou Dam, the thousand-year-old ancient Junzhou was submerged at the bottom of the Danjiangkou Reservoir in the 21st century. To understand this ancient city, future generations can only find a little from old photos and thick text materials.

However, in the autumn of the 32nd year of Qianlong, this city was still a very important place in Hubei. It was a hub connecting Xiangyang Prefecture and Yunyang Prefecture. It had special significance for both Yunyang Town and Xiangyang Prefecture.

You should know that the Green Camp garrison in Yunyang Prefecture is as large as a town. Such a large number of troops is undoubtedly a huge burden for the local people's livelihood. The already poor Yunyang Prefecture is simply unable to supply the consumption of thousands of Green Camp soldiers in a town, especially when there is a war, the food for the army cannot be raised by Yunyang Prefecture itself.

In this case, the wealthy Xiangyang Prefecture became the best supply place for Yunyang Town. It is not that the money and grain of Xiangyang Prefecture are directly supplied to Yunyang Town. Xiangyang itself has a lot of garrisons. Xiangyang Prefecture alone cannot support nearly 10,000 troops combined. Instead, the higher-ups issued a decree to directly transfer money and grain from the Xiangyang Prefecture Treasury to Yunyang. This batch of money and grain itself was also to be handed over by Xiangyang Prefecture. Now there is no need to toss it around, and it is directly assigned to Yunyang Town. Moreover, Yunyang Prefecture would purchase a large amount of grain, rice, and cloth from Xiangyang every year. Regardless of whether these grain, rice, and cloth were produced by Xiangyang Prefecture itself, Yunyang Prefecture would soon fall into chaos without the platform of Xiangyang.

Since the Chen family army started the uprising, the military grain has been collected many times in Hubei, which has affected the stability of Yunyang Prefecture. After the Chen family army entered Xiangyang Prefecture, the private trade between Yunyang and Xiangyang was completely cut off. At present, the grain price in Yunyang Prefecture is rising day by day.

As the westernmost town of Xiangyang Prefecture, Junzhou has a prosperous trade: the main products of Yunyang Prefecture are wood and paper, followed by medicinal materials. Although it cannot be compared with Yuzhou, which has a long history, Yunyang Prefecture has many mountains and dense forests, and there are also many wild medicinal materials. In later generations, it was praised as the medicine warehouse of Central China, but it is not yet capable of being fully developed;

Another thing is that Yunyang is rich in gold and silver. Yunxian, Zhushan and the banks of the Han River have rich reserves of gold and silver. There are many gold sands in the Han River Basin, and the weight can reach hundreds of taels every year; and there are large reserves of high-quality turquoise here. Chen Ming even knows about the Yindonggou silver mine in Zhushan County. This silver mine was one of the eight largest gold and silver mines in China in his previous life. However, at this time, Yindonggou was just a local rich man making a small fuss, and outsiders didn't know at all. The dark camp had been eyeing it for a long time.

As the westernmost end of Xiangyang Prefecture, Junzhou is a node for the development of trade with Yunyang, and it is also a strategic reserve. In the past, a large amount of money and food materials were transported here from Xiangyang City every month, and then transported from here to Yunyang. But all this changed after Ma Wenjie led his army eastward and northward. Especially after the four provinces began to suppress the rebellion, Yunyang Town and Yunyang Prefecture seemed to be forgotten.

Yunyang is located at the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Chu and Henan provinces, surrounded by mountains. It has been seriously plagued by bandits since ancient times, especially in the early years of Kangxi, when the Qing Dynasty had not yet established its rule and used troops more frequently. At that time, Junzhou was likely to be specially strengthened as a direct supply site for Yunyang Town. In Junzhou City, not only important offices such as the General's Office, the Garrison Office, the Provincial Administration Office, the Provincial Inspection Office, and the Central Office were established, but also the Guangji Cang Ambassador's Office, the Junzhou Ship Office, the Jieshan Horse Farm Office, the Military Equipment Bureau, the Gunpowder Bureau, the Arsenal and many other departments were set up, and various large and small training grounds and martial arts halls were also available.

However, the world has been peaceful for a long time now (inland), and Junzhou Camp has become Junguang Camp. The level has long been lowered from the level of a lieutenant general to the level of a commander. The ship office, horse farm, martial arts hall, etc. have been abolished for a long time, but the Guangji Warehouse, the Military Equipment Bureau, the Gunpowder Bureau, the Armory and other facilities are still there...

For Chen's army, the food in Junzhou Guangji Warehouse is fine, but the things (people) in the Military Equipment Bureau, the Gunpowder Bureau and the Armory are what Chen Ming desperately desires. So he must take this place.

Outside the west city of Junzhou.

The position of Chen's army, the troops are set up around a small hill that is not too high, with a fence made of logs, earth and stones below, and a half-person-high stone wall made of earth, wood and stones halfway up, and hundreds of tents are compactly set up behind. Upward is Chen Ming's command tent, with a red flag fluttering in the wind, and more than 20 military tents surrounding it on all sides.

At the highest point of the mountain, the gentle slope down was supported by stones, and six cannons pointed directly at Junzhou City. The black barrels emitted a cold light under the sunlight. Unlike the small cannons below, these six five-jin cannons can directly threaten the Junzhou city wall.

Across the moat, Junzhou City faces the Han River in the east. The city walls are all built with blue bricks weighing 30 jin each. The moat is 15 feet wide on each of the three sides. The six city gates are equipped with wooden flood control gates and stone thresholds weighing 10,000 jin. The three-zhang high city wall surrounds the city for eight miles. Although Junzhou is not big, it cannot be invaded by soldiers and bandits.

At this time, thirty or forty people were sitting and lying on the earth wall behind these cannons, lazily basking in the sun.

"Boss Qin, if this thing is really loaded with iron bullets and gunpowder, can it be fired?" A man lying on his back kicked the gun carriage in front of him and asked Qin Xiuguang.

"You will know if you try it. You come and fire the gun to open our eyes." Qin Xiuguang grinned at the subordinate and said jokingly: "If something happens, the army will give you a pension, and we brothers will also collect some money for you to settle down."

The main force of the Chen family army had quietly rushed to Yunyang at night, leaving some troops here to guard, apparently to contain the Qing soldiers in Junzhou City. Because Zhu Bangdao, the deputy general of Yunyang Zhushan Association, personally led 2,000 people to support Junzhou, the number of troops left in Yunyang at this time was enough. The Chen family army outside the city set up a seemingly good defense line outside the west city gate.

"Forget it, I haven't found a wife yet. If I die, I'd rather leave behind a seed." The man shook his head hurriedly. Although he was not an artilleryman of the artillery team, everyone knew how powerful the cannon was. If he really used the thing in front of him to "fire", he would most likely go to the King of Hell for tea. As he said this, he stretched his body to make himself more comfortable.

The Grand Commander's method was still very effective. He only had four teams of armored soldiers and musketeers, and two teams of baggage soldiers. Their team was the baggage soldiers, and they frightened the Qing soldiers in Junzhou City.

It was already afternoon, and the Qing soldiers on the opposite side had not made any movement. It seemed that they were frightened by the six cannons. Before, these six cannons had severely beaten Junzhou City. Last night, they deliberately made a lot of noise and noise all night to cover up the signs of the large army's transfer. The Qing soldiers in the city might think that the Chen family army had "magically" transported the six cannons to the top of the high ground.

In fact, they were six wooden barrels, covered with iron sheets inside and outside. The green dogs and local militia were frightened, so it was a good opportunity for me, a soldier, to take a break.

To be honest, I walked from Henan to Hubei, from Xiangyang to Junzhou, and somehow I became lazy in my heart...