Two hours later, the rebels withdrew from Wujiang County, the county became an empty city, Zhao Ming suggested a fire to burn the city, Wu Yi is a native of Wujiang, the villagers, but he can't do such a thing, just move the materials in the city, but the house is left.Half a day later, Li Chengdong, Wu Zhaosheng, and Tu Guobin drove into Wujiang, the city treasury was emptied, and the residents either withdrew into Taihu Lake with the righteous army, or scattered to the countryside to avoid the Qing army, and the Qing army got an empty city.The massacre of the Qing army in Jiangnan provoked fierce resistance, and at the same time shocked many people, and whether it was those who resisted the Qing Dynasty or those who were frightened by the Qing army, they all deliberately avoided the Qing army.The Manchurians were small and especially afraid of Han resistance, so in order to facilitate their rule, the Manchurian rulers sought to tame the Han people, who made up the vast majority of the population, and turned them into pigs in captivity or obedient sheep.If the Han people are not tamed, they are a pack of wolves, and the Manchus will not say that they will rule, and they will be torn to shreds if they show their faces.Therefore, if Manchuria wants to be small and large, it must tame the Han people and kill those who dare to resist and are unwilling to submit, only in this way can the Manchus, who account for a small number of people, control a hundred times the number of Han people, otherwise they will not be able to rule at all.Therefore, at the beginning of the Qing army's entry into the customs, it implemented a brutal and high-pressure rule, stipulating that the soldiers would not surrender to slaughter the city, and the righteous army would resist the slaughter of the city.The most significant example of this is the Battle of Xinhui, where the people in the city were afraid that the Qing army would come back and slaughter the city, so they helped the Qing army to defend the city, and even if their relatives were eaten, they did not know how to resist.That was more than ten years later, and judging from the situation at that time, the brutal massacre of the Manchu Qing had indeed succeeded in taming the vast majority of Han people, turning them into slaves and sinking for more than 300 years.The Qing army pounced, which made Li Chengdong extremely angry and wanted to continue the pursuit, but the other two groups were not active.Li Chengdong pacified the Jiajian army unfavorably, and folded the Qing Dynasty Beizi Tunqi, which made Bolo furious, and wanted to punish him, he bribed Bolo's people around him with a lot of money, and most of the Eight Banners soldiers were in the north for summer vacation, and it was the time to employ people that he barely got a chance to make meritorious contributions.He was anxious, but Wu Zhaosheng and Tu Guobin were not in a hurry, and Li Chengdong was not familiar with the situation of Taihu Lake, and there was no naval army at hand, so he could only look at the lake and sigh.The rebels swept away the ships near Wujiang County, the gentry and the common people took their families and families to take the boats, and the Han people relocated to their land, and they were unwilling to leave their hometowns until they had to do so, they were really worried that the Qing army would massacre the city, and more than half of the population of Wujiang County had fled.The establishment of the Heaven and Earth Society was interrupted by the sudden arrival of the Qing army, and the leaders of the rebel army moved to a small boat on Taihu Lake to continue the discussion.On the ship, everyone once again determined the purpose of the Heaven and Earth Society, with a clear goal of expelling the Tartars, opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and elected Wu Yi as the first chief helmsman, and since then, the chief helmsman has been promoted by the hall masters and incense masters every four years.Heaven and earth will be built at the beginning, there is nothing, everyone first set up the shelf, agreed on the code, stipulated that each is in charge, and then they will level their skills and develop offline.After the meeting, a loose anti-Qing alliance was formed in the south of the Yangtze River, and some of the rebels followed Wu Yi to the water village of the rebels on Taihu Lake, and some of them sneaked back to their hometowns and continued to adhere to the great cause of resisting the Qing in the prefectures and counties occupied by the Qing army.These people will become the nails left on land by the Taihu rebels, often harassing the Qing army, collecting intelligence, and playing the role of defending the Taihu base area.The water surface of Taihu Lake is wide, the area is the size of one or two prefectures, and there are many islands in the lake.Wu Yi led 7,800 large and small fishing boats, 150,000 or 60,000 soldiers and civilians, and after leaving Wujiang County, he arrived at Dongshan Island, a large island on Taihu Lake, in half a day.Most of the soldiers and civilians will be settled here to live, but Wu Yi's lair still has to go deep into the lake, on Sanshan Island, southwest of Dongshan Island.The land south of the Yangtze River has long been completely developed, and where there is land, there are people living there, and there were originally tens of thousands of residents on Dongshan Island, but now more than 100,000 people have come, and it immediately seems to be crowded, and all kinds of materials are also extremely scarce.Although the people pitched their tents without houses and reclaimed wasteland without fields, there were still many things that could not be changed.Many gentry fled, bringing nothing with them, only a little ration, a few clothes, and the people wanted to survive, food, iron, porcelain, and so to speak.On Sanshan Island, in the water village of the righteous army, Wu Yi summoned everyone to come to discuss.At this time, Wu Yi sat in the middle hall, and the others sat on the chairs on both sides, Hou Tong stood up and said: "Now other problems can be delayed, but the food problem must be solved." ”Although the rebels emptied Wujiang County, there was not much food in the treasury of a county seat.At this time, the Taihu Righteous Army, including their dependents, numbered hundreds of thousands of people, consumed an astonishing amount every day, and if they did not hurry up to find a way to solve the food problem, it would not be long before they would starve to death.Wu Yi had a calm face, "Do you have any way?"
”Zhao Ming stood up, "To solve the food problem, we can only solve it from two aspects, one is to produce it ourselves, and the other is to get grain from outside." ”Wu Yi sat upright, "Bo'an, you say be specific!"
”Zhao Ming arched his hand and said: "I'll first say that I produce it myself."
There are many islands on Taihu Lake, but the land that can be cultivated has been reclaimed, and it is impossible to obtain new land, but Taihu Lake is vast, 800 miles of smoke and waves are vast, and there are many fish in the lake. ”Wu Yi bowed slightly, and then added: "Fishing is indeed a way out, but although the land on the island has been reclaimed, many fields are used to grow cotton, tea and mulberry. ”After speaking, Wu Yi asked: "Bo'an, you go on, how to get food from the outside?"
”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "There are two sources, one is to rely on funding, Jiannu is unpopular, Jiangnan people are thinking about Han, although many gentry and magnates have not raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, but they still sympathize with and support us in their hearts."
I think it is possible to send someone to contact these gentry secretly and get a sum of money and food from them!
”Zhao Ming remembered that even Qian Qianyi had secretly funded the anti-Qing forces, and it should be no problem to get some supplies from them.Wu Yi, Hou Tongzeng and others all bowed slightly, the relationship network of the gentry in Jiangnan is complicated, and the people here don't know more than a dozen squires, and it is really not much of a problem to find a few people to fund.Zhao Ming's face was ruthless, "Another way is to ambush the Qing army, rob the Qing army's grain and grass, or attack the prefecture and county." ”Zhao Mingxin said: "I am a successful operation of the party, and it should be practical at this time." ”Wu Yi bowed slightly, and then a person suddenly walked in and reported: "Xianggong, there is news from the Wujiang River that there is a Qing army and a naval army that has arrived on the east bank of Taihu Lake. ”()