Li Mingxun soon learned that Li Dingguo killed Geng Jingzhong, but he was not angry. The laws of the Ming and United States of China are now parallel to the ground in Guangdong. Guangzhou is a fiefdom of Jin vassal state, so it is natural to deal with it according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but Li Mingxun just felt that Li Dingguo was a waste of time.

For the Geng and Shang family, the laws of the United States cannot destroy their clans, but it does not mean that they will be let go. Everyone in this family will be registered as slaves and thrown into the mines with the most cruel living conditions of the United States with those fierce Han soldiers. They will receive the most difficult labor in a harsh environment. Even a strong man can't survive for three or five years. Children like Geng Jingzhong can't hold on for half a year.

The war in Guangzhou was about to stop, and the Allies rested for ten months and set off again. This time, the Allies' goal was no longer to annihilate the enemy and recover the city, but to seize important passes and lay a stable situation in Guangdong and Guangxi.

There are six channels from Lingbei to Guangdong and Guangxi, the main road is Lingqu, and the waterway connects Hunan and Guangxi. Water transportation is the lowest-cost transportation mode in this era. Although it is remote, it is the main road. There is also a Hezhou ancient road between Daozhou and Fuchuan, Hunan. These two channels are currently under the control of Jinfan, while the other roads, Jiulong Shibatan, Meiguan, Yangshanguan, and the roads connecting Huizhou to Ganzhou, Jiangxi are all under the control of the Qing army.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu went north to Meiguan, Yangshanguan and Jiulong. These roads connected to Hunan. In the Hunan region, Qin Fan and Hong Chengchou's army was fighting fiercely. Yuan Shi went north to Longchuan and Heyuan, while Wu Mu went north to Chaozhou Prefecture to regain the passage between Fujian and Guangdong.

There are not many soldiers in Chaoshan area now, and the one who can fight is Wu Liuqi, the general of the Qing army, who is the righteous brother of Wei Xiaobao. This brother-in-law of Wei Xiaobao is just a gangster in Chaozhou. When the Sanhan vassal entered Guangdong, a group of gangsters were organized, and they obtained the title of general from Shang Kexi. They led the Qing army to burn and massacre the city in Chaozhou. They were considered a villain.

Like the two smugglings in Macau by Pingjing, Wu Liuqi also took advantage of the Chaoshan area to conduct large-scale smuggling, so the Security Bureau is very familiar with Wu Liuqi and the people around him. Wu Liuqi had a history of massacre and was unpardoned. It was impossible to be pardoned. Several generals under his command were in contact with the Security Bureau. The situation in Guangdong and Guangxi can now be seen clearly. The Three Han vassals were destroyed, and Guangdong and Guangxi had no hope. Once upon a time, people hoped that the head coach Boluo could lead the reinforcements from Fujian and Zhejiang to return to the situation. However, the country's surname in Fujian and Zhejiang were in trouble and could not draw much troops. After Guangzhou was restored, Boluo returned to the capital, and the rest of the troops could only defend themselves.

The 6th Navy team took the 6th from Chenghai and rushed straight to Chaozhou. Wu Liuqi was preparing to plunder in Chaozhou and fled to Fujian. He was colliding with the cavalry regiment from Huizhou. Wu Liuqi sent troops to catch the enemy several times and was defeated. Even with 4,000 troops, he was trapped in the city. The 6th Team's siege artillery had not yet been pulled to the city. His deputy general surrendered. Wu Liuqi's guerrillas were abandoned and his only remaining cavalry rushed out. He led Wu Liuqi and more than 700 cavalry out of the siege. Wu Liuqi was grateful for his kindness and led him to Fenshui Pass. After entering the pass, the guerrillas suddenly became difficult. He led his personal soldiers to kill Wu Liuqi and the Fujian guards who were already ambushing the pass, leading the 6th Team who had already been ambushed outside the pass into the city. The United States seized the Fenshui Pass again and opened the door to Fujian.

Most of the other routes were going well, but only the Jinfan He Jiuyi's troops were in a bad mood at Meiguan. Fortunately, Shen Yongzhong's troops were not strong enough, and Li Dingguo asked Liu Wenxiu to lead the troops to attack, and it was not until the end of the year that it was broken.

Li Mingxun did not participate in these battles, and Guangzhou still needed him to preside over the situation. The first thing was to distribute the seizure of the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi. According to the previous agreement, the United States only obtained Chaozhou one prefecture, so Chaozhou’s gains did not participate in the distribution. The first step of distribution was to exchange the vassal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi according to the agreement between Qiong and Jin vassals. Under the auspices of Li Dingguo, the three prefectures of Nanning, Wuzhou and Xunzhou in Guangxi gave the Qiong vassals, and Zhaoqing and Luodingzhou were obtained outside the four prefectures in western Guangdong. According to the agreement, the Pearl River was open to all forces of the Allied forces, so the vassal areas of both sides were connected into pieces, and the Qiong vassal also needed to send troops to defend the front line.

After the territory is divided, the seized goods. In this regard, all the Allied vassal states can get one of them. Li Mingxun set the distribution quota, the United States will get 30%, the Qiongfan will get 20%, and the Jinfan will get 10%, and the rest will be distributed to other vassal states. In terms of proportion, the Jinfan took less, but the interests cannot be calculated like this, because the Jinfan got the real estate and houses that originally belonged to the Three Hanfans, and the military supplies seized, which also accounted for a large part. After careful calculation, the Jinfans received the most.

Guangdong was already rich, and over the years, the Three Han vassals and Qiong vassals have been fighting continuously, and they can get more than 4 million military expenditures from the capital every year. During the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi became the main battlefield. During the Battle alone, more than 10 million taels of military expenditures were paid. Although these two associations flowed into the hands of the gentry and the people through various channels, more were accumulated in the hands of the Three Han vassals and the Green Camp. Several prefectures were recovered. The precious metals of gold, silver, copper and precious metals seized from the offices of the Qing army, such as the Han vassals, Green Camp, and Civil Affairs Office, were no less than 13 million taels of gold, silver, copper and precious metals seized from the offices of various calligraphy, paintings, antiques, high-end furniture and clothing, as well as various other materials, the total value was about 20 million, while the United States obtained six million.

This number is very large, but for the United States, the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi is still a loss-making business. Although in this battle, the Qing army was annihilated (killed and captured) and the Allied troops reached about 86,000, and about 21,000, of which the three armies of the United States lost 7,500, which can be said to be a great victory, but the reason for the victory is not the command or bravery. The most fundamental reason is the consumption of a large amount of materials. Not to mention the other side, the gunpowder consumed by the United States for this war is four times that of the entire Qing army.

As a result, the Allied forces consumed seven times the gunpowder that was the opponent. In the whole war, the paper-shell fixed-loading ammunition of the 6th Army and the 6th Corps were consumed by 1.2 million. Grenades, mortar shells and hand grenades were 120,000. As for solid bullets, shotguns were even more difficult to count. This was just a number given by the arsenal. In the war, the ammunition loss of the Ming army's vassal states could not be counted, let alone, in the war, the captured firearms and gunpowder were also used in large quantities.

The loss of materials is the biggest link in cost, but Li Mingxun still felt relieved. At least this was the era of black gunpowder, and the hit rate was okay. If an average of 200,000 bullets killed a person in the modern battlefield, then the United States' materials would not be able to withstand the loss.

The second is the damage to the equipment. In this war, the U.S. naval wars sank more than 20 large and small ships, and more than 400 artillery pieces of the three armies were not suitable for fighting again. If there were no artillery batteries willing to accept them, they could only be refined. There were more than 6,000 broken flints, and the personnel losses were also heavy. The death of 7,400 people and the serious injuries of 1,700 people were retired. The United States Army almost lost a strengthening brigade. The large-scale damage to the people was born in siege and positional warfare, and the field loss rate was extremely low. The number one was the number one. When attacking the Guangzhou and Shenzhen camps, soldiers were forced to eat, drink, defecate and vent in the harsh trenches, and lost many people, especially the Guangzhou siege battle. At that time, the temperature was very high and there were many diseases.

For this battle between Guangdong and Guangxi, the commander spent as much as 17 million taels of military expenditure. Of course, some of them were all kinds of materials purchased by allies and returned after the war, but the military expenditure was still about 15 million taels. In addition to the six million taels that were allocated, the United States also received three million in cleaning up the gentry in Chaozhou, but it was not enough to change the reality of the fiscal deficit.

The Sino-Netherland War and the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi successively carried out the military expenditure of the commander, which would require rest and recuperation in the future. The same was true for the various vassal states. The Qing Dynasty also needed time to reorganize a heavy army group that could fight against the Guangdong and Guangxi Allied Forces. It would be difficult for a major battle of such a scale in the next two or three years.

Unlike the last military control of Chaozhou, this time, the Senate officially announced to the whole country that it would establish the Chaozhou Chief Executive District to provide national identity to the legal people in Chaozhou. After three years, these citizens can apply for citizens by submitting tax forms, and then obtain the same political status and legal rights as other citizens. For Chaozhou locals who are unwilling to join the United States, the United States regards it as foreigners in terms of law, taxation, etc.

What I was most excited about this was actually the allies of the United States. Jinfan and Qiongfan knew that the United States had strict definitions and divisions of responsibilities for their territory. Chaozhou only existed as a colony, so it could be given up directly when the Qing army was approaching. However, Chaozhou became the territory of the United States, and its status was completely different. It was impossible to give up without fighting a war.

After allocating the gains of the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, Li Mingxun held the first meeting of the Anti-Qing and Imperial Front in Hong Kong. Those who attended the meeting were all the vassal lords and generals of the various vassal states. At this meeting, Li Mingxun made a new round of rulings on the anti-Qing forces within the united front, which was called the rectification of military affairs.

Among the United Kingdom and Guangxi Allied Army today, there are three giants, the United States, Jinfan and Qiongfan. In addition to the three giants, there are also vassal states such as Shunjun and Huifan. These vassal states also have large and small sources of salary in Guangdong and Guangxi, one or two states and two or three counties. These small warlords use the source of salary to plunder people's wealth and provide troops, while the large vassal states used the source of salary to plunder people's wealth and provide troops, while the large vassal states used the source of salary to take the source of salary to take the war zone and each took the needs, but it caused huge harm to the people of Guangdong and Guangxi. In some prefectures and counties, the people not only had to bear high taxes but also had to go through labor service, be strong men, and even forced to consign as soldiers, which led to a large number of people fleeing and abandoning land.

Li Mingxun's policy of rectifying military affairs was that in Guangdong and Guangxi, there were only two alliances and vassals of Qiong and Jin vassals. The remaining warlords were all handed over financial and administrative powers. The military pay and supplies required by their army were provided by the vassal states in which they were located. They were also responsible for the pension and the resettlement of soldiers' families. Each warlord was only responsible for training soldiers to participate in wars and no longer participated in other activities.

This is just the first step. The second step is to jointly formulate the Ming army's military pay and conscription system. First, it is to clean up the existing military towns of the Ming army and eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled. The height, weight, physical fitness and skills of the soldiers must be strictly limited. The Ming army no longer divides the regular soldiers and the Yi soldiers, but divides qualified soldiers into armored infantry, musketeers, cavalry, artillery and auxiliary soldiers according to the military branches. Different arms enjoy different treatments. If you want to join cavalry and artillery, you must master the skills required for their troops, and the number of auxiliary soldiers is strictly limited to prevent the warlords from mixing with fish.

The next step is to unify command power, gradually transfer military power from the warlords of various vassal states to the hands of the two Ming vassal states, improve the efficiency of the army and reduce the harm caused by war to the people.

The so-called rectification of military affairs is a major reshuffle of the military power of Guangdong and Guangxi, which has only three major military forces in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the rest are annexed and absorbed. The warlords are obviously dissatisfied with the power and handed over, which affects their interests. However, when the three giants have reached an agreement and the Qing army has been expelled from Guangdong and Guangxi, these warlords are helpless. The three-step plan is also to boil frogs in warm water, but the warlords do not have to wait for the incorporation. Li Mingxun provided him with many retreats. The best thing is to hand over all the troops and take their confidants to the overseas territory of the United States to be rich.

On the surface, the two vassals of Qiong and Jin dynasties were the ones who made the most profits, but in fact, the United States also gained a lot of profits from it. The increase in the power of Qiong and Jin dynasties could greatly enhance the strength of the Allies, and the disappearance of those small warlords could also liberate a large amount of manpower and material resources. Without their exploitation, the people of Guangdong and Guangxi would have more consumption power, the trade routes would be smoother, and the costs would be reduced, which would greatly promote the trade exhibition. More importantly, these small warlords who had a large amount of wealth and population would eventually choose to join the United States and bring wealth and population to the exhibition of the overseas territories of the United States.

Not only were these small warlords rectified, but the two Ming vassals also needed to carry out reforms. The most important thing was to streamline military and government. There were a large number of Yi soldiers and militias in both vassals. The Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi has proved that this type of army is useless in real battles. Only professional soldiers can be competent for dangerous combat tasks. In terms of logistics, professional transport soldiers cooperate with the recruited civilians to be more efficient. The number of these soldiers must be reduced in large quantities to reduce the burden on the people of Guangdong and Guangxi.

On the other hand, administration, especially the Jinfan, has been the military invading the people in the future since it entered Yunnan. A few civil servants in the imperial examinations serve as chiefs of the prefecture. These big and crude officials from the army will not only bring about a large number of corruption and unjust cases, but will also lead to a decrease in administrative efficiency and reduce Guangdong and Guangxi's support for the war.
Chapter completed!