Liu Chengzong led his army across the Yellow River and entered Lanzhou.
After settling in Prince Su's Mansion, Liu Shishi had only one feeling in his heart when he saw his teacher Yang Dingrui bringing a mountain of documents from Xincheng for his approval.
Compared with processing the huge number of official documents from the Marshal's Mansion, the battle to collect Gansu was simply an extremely simple armed massacre.
In fact, the Battle of Gansu was indeed an extremely difficult and high-intensity armed attack for most of the expeditionary force of the Marshal's Mansion. Although there were many enemies, the fighting will was generally not firm enough. Most of the Ming troops defending Gansu did not know Why did he have to fight Liu Chengzong, so he didn't encounter any tough battle.
On the contrary, the difficulty of marching was much greater than that of fighting. In less than seven months, they marched more than 5,000 miles with rest and fighting, and took more than half a year to complete a circle along the entire Qilian Mountains.
In fact, if you think about it, not to mention the important officials of the imperial court or outsiders like Zhang Xianzhong who do not have a clear understanding of the territory of the Marshal's Mansion, even Liu Chengzong himself has not felt his unparalleled power in the northwest for a long time.
Because he always leads troops to conquer east and west, wandering on the edge of his own power.
Only when a mountain of official documents were laid out in front of him, waiting for his approval, and matters big and small were decided, did Liu Chengzong really realize that he was the true ruler of this land.
In the Chengyun Hall with seven beams and two slopes hanging on the top of the mountain, Liu Chengzong looked distressedly at the countless official documents on the table, and helplessly looked at Yang Dingrui standing beside him: "Sir, why are there so many?"
Although we haven't seen him for half a year, Yang Dingrui is still full of energy, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and the slightly swollen bags under his eyes still reveal a tired look. He smiled first, and then said: "Although the handsome manor has six yamen, the responsibilities and powers of the six yamen are not divided. The personnel are uncertain, and all official documents from various places are sent to the new city. If you are here, Brother Xiang Yu can still approve the replies; if you are not here, no one can approve these things."
Liu Chengzong spread his hands and said, "Then Sir, please approve."
Yang Dingrui laughed when he heard this and said, "You want to tire your husband to death."
In fact, they all knew that this was just a nice thing to say. Yang Dingrui's official position was the prefect of Xining and could not be approved.
His relationship with Liu Chengzong was extraordinary. Not only was he the teacher of Liu Chengzu and Liu Chengzong brothers, he was also the adoptive father of Fan Sanlang, Bai Liuxi, and Yun Jiaoyue, that is, his father-in-law.
But it was for this reason that Liu Chengzong did not establish a prime minister before going on the expedition.
They have a very good relationship, and everyone is safe and sound. There is no possibility of conflicts, even if the cost is a little chaos in the Marshal's Mansion; Liu Chengzong has thought about it, and the Marshal's Mansion is not afraid of chaos.
The Marshal's Mansion is not stable, but there are soldiers suppressing it. As long as he does not send away the army in one wave, the various chieftains and old nobles will not dare to rebel no matter how uneasy they are... In other words, even if all the structures of the Marshal's Mansion are withdrawn If it goes away, the people living on this land will be able to live in peace and harmony within three to five years.
And if the army is sent away by Liu Shishi, the Marshal's Mansion will collapse even if it is as stable as Mount Tai.
So it doesn't matter to him, as long as he goes from victory to victory, nothing will happen.
The two chatted without a word. Liu Chengzong looked through official documents and approved letters and newspapers from various places. Yang Dingrui was explaining what happened during this period.
From the top of the snow-capped mountains in Uzang to the Yinli River at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains; from the desolate pastures of Golmud to the prosperous Guozhuang of Dajianlu, there was no place in the land he ruled without war.
Batur Hutaiji of Oirat organized his army and prepared for war when he returned. According to the agreement, the caravan transporting fur goods had already set off to Hehuang to purchase armaments to arm a battalion.
In Dajianlu, the Changhexi Tusi territory over there was even more lively, and every neighbor of Muya was scary.
In the northeast, above Shen Bian and Leng Bian, who had a blood feud with him for killing his father, was Tianquan Chieftain, who was very powerful; in the north, Jinchuan Chieftain had a small territory, but he was an expert at building watchtowers.
The west and south sides are even more frightening. They are the territory of Lijiang Tusi Mutianwang, a behemoth that can rival the entire Kangning Prefecture. The most important thing is that these people also love to rob.
It was precisely to avoid this situation that Liu Chengzong rented more than 7,000 acres of cultivated land on the border of Changhe West Tusi from Muya. At that time, Kangning Mansion raised
There is an urgent shortage of skilled soldiers, so Muya has done Liu Shizi a big favor. The corresponding marshal's office must also provide military support to Changhexi to ensure the security of the territory.
In fact, Muya's original idea was to use Liu Shizi to scare King Mutian, but Liu Chengzong was a man who was fearless and had extensive management.
He left only one instruction to the troops stationed in Hexi: If you take one stone of food from me, ten stones will be taken back; if you take one of my people captive, ten will be taken back.
In this situation, it is surprising that both sides can live in peace. The border between Changhexi and Litang has directly become a paradise for bandits from the southwest and bandits from northern Shaanxi to further their professional skills.
It was okay when Luo Rucai and Li Laojiao were in Kangning Mansion. Although there were constant minor frictions on the border, there were two battalions of regular troops guarding the border, so no major conflict occurred.
To be honest, when Liu Chengzong saw the official document mentioning the time when the conflict broke out between the Litang Chieftain and the Changhexi Chieftain, it was just two months after Luo Rucai and Li Laozhen were transferred back to Xining. In his heart, he understood very well that the Litang Chieftain was dismissed. Long suppressed anger.
The chieftain of Litang was not a local, he was the leader appointed by King Mutian after he conquered Litang. The Mu family fought all the way in the north and south, and the meritorious generals were awarded the territory. However, they were suppressed by Liu Chengzong from the north for so long. Everyone would be angry. Got a cerebral hemorrhage.
Therefore, it is understandable that the marshal's army took the lead, and Litang chieftain took the rear step and rushed across the Yalong River. Of course, Liu Chengzong can also understand the ending.
The Litang chief under the command of King Mutian came and went quickly. He was buried last autumn. If the reincarnation goes smoothly, he should be almost one year old now.
Although the two battalions guarding Kangning Mansion were transferred away, the Marshal's army and the Marshal's people were gone in Changhe West.
People are inert, and they only have enough enthusiasm during the entrepreneurial stage. For nomadic people, starting a business is to harvest grass and grain; for farming people, starting a business is to build a foundation.
There happens to be a group of people like this in the west of Changhe River. They come from Songpanwei and have been military campers for generations. The long peace allowed the chiefs to occupy the land that originally belonged to them. The good family members who sent out soldiers for fifty acres became unable to eat. A hungry cheap serf.
They still mastered the skills of fighting, but the treatment of not having enough food and clothing made their bodies unable to bear heavy armor, unable to use hard bows, and unable to dance with long swords.
The guard house that was born in glory has become a shackles, as if it has lost the meaning of existence. After years of wielding a hoe, there is no freedom in the gloomy life.
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For this reason, they did not hesitate to mobilize military households to sell all the grain they grew, exchange it for money with Nangqian magistrate Gama, and sent people to various guards in Sichuan to hire people.
Some used the same rhetoric as Liu Chengzong's recruitment of the Songpan Guard Banner Army, and others simply bought people from the guard chief of Sichuan Xingdu Division. In the end, each household hired two Sichuan Army soldiers, and then begged Muya to borrow the weapon Jiawei. .
As a result, although the military strength is slightly inferior and the combat effectiveness is slightly inferior, the military quality of the flag army is better than that of the native soldiers who are good at robbing homes and houses.
They first fought a defensive battle in the west of Changhe River... The territory of the southwest chieftains was sparse, and they had always fought small battles. The chieftains were all neighbors. The wars were often because they were stationed in food and others were stationed in guns. There was no food. The Tao is not the food of the Tao.
As a result, Mutianwang's Litang chief was ambushed, and the Turkish troops who were plundering in separate lanes were surrounded and cannibalized. He wanted to retreat, and the iron cable bridge of the Yalong River was guarded. With the escape route cut off, the Sichuan soldiers used fire cannons to kill him.
The Thirty-six Guards took advantage of the situation and invaded Litang. Muya from the west of Changhe also mobilized his troops and went out in full force. He originally wanted to follow the banner army to pick peaches. After all, to the native people of Litang, Muya and them were of the same race. , Lijiang’s Mutianwang is an outsider.
The people of Thirty-Six Guards were easy for Mu Ya to deal with. After all, they all rented and farmed his land. After all, we were all members of the same family, so we couldn't discuss anything.
But the hired Sichuan army's desire for land is too strong. Not to mention that Muya wants to expand the territory, I am afraid that even Liu Chengzong will come to Litang in person and want to take this land as his own. These Sichuan military households Neither agrees.
Fortunately, Mu Ya was also open-minded. Seeing this situation, he simply didn't mention his thoughts. He just helped the Thirty-sixth Guards to stabilize the people in Litang, sorted out household registration, land and other things, and sent them directly to the Marshal's Mansion.
He comforted himself: You just run a B&B. You are not here to do business, so you should mind your own business. However, Liu Chengzong still has to take care of this group of people, so as not to drive away King Mu and bring in other kings.
When Liu Chengzong's perspective returned to Hehuang, his father got him a Yulin army.
In fact, it was the Children's Camp he established in Xincheng. Liu Chengzong had no idea of forming a special army for the war orphans in the Children's Camp. The education given to the Children's Camp also ranged from Kai Meng to Xincheng Academy, receiving various educations not limited to military.
After all, when the children's camp was established, the Marshal's Mansion fought two major battles in Hehuang and Oirat in a short period of time, reaching its peak in terms of military strength and wealth in a short period of time. I can't afford more.
His original intention was to use the Children's Camp as a talent pool for grassroots officials.
However, for those older children who are already fourteen or fifteen years old when they enter the camp, in the center of the Marshal's Mansion, where military generals dominate, all they see when they come in and out are military attaches riding tall horses and wielding wild goose feather swords. It is difficult for them not to yearn for this status. .
Therefore, when their education was over, although Liu Chengzong opened seven subjects in Xincheng Academy: law, literature, agriculture, industry, commerce, medicine, and military, the children generally chose to go to the academy to study military affairs.
This is not surprising. After all, the military science and teaching staff of Xincheng Academy are second to none in the world. Three former Ming Dynasty military officers personally taught classes. The general who defeated them compiled the textbooks. Teachers who had experienced wars often took them to the school. On-site lectures were given on the battlefields of Hehuang and Heka grasslands.
At present, the first batch of war orphans in the Xincheng Children's Camp have grown up. There are 134 children in total. Among them, 63 people have entered the Baigong Bureau, Juerwan Market and various towns and townships. Most of them are girls. The remaining seven All eleven of them studied military affairs.
They only had two years of study, but they also learned a lot of things that an officer should know. If they were to serve as officials in the countryside, they would not be able to develop their talents. Liu Xiangyu planned to organize them into a Yulin Army, and each of them would be awarded the Military Medal of Tiger and Ben. , put it next to Liu Chengzong.
This time I wrote to ask Liu Chengzong whether Huben's military honors were appropriate, because according to the regulations of the Marshal's Office, even the lowest third-class military honors of Huben required four years of service without having achieved military merit.
Liu Shizi raised his hand and replied: "Liang Yu Lin Lang, yes; Hu Ben's military honors, no, it is better to give it to a first-class talent officer and take it to Huben's camp for use."
He knew what his father meant, which was to give the children who had grown up a good start and cultivate a sense of honor.
, but on the one hand, rules and regulations are rules and regulations, and on the other hand, these people are obviously not outstanding enough to require him to make an exception and violate the rules.
Indeed, orphans are like blank sheets of paper. The Marshal's Mansion is the only place they can rely on. Liu Chengzong is the only person they can rely on. There is a high probability that they will be very loyal.
But Liu Shizi felt that they were not the orphans of the Lion Camp. To put it bluntly, when he established the children's camp, he only saw that the Hehuang War had caused great damage to the place. The children were at a disadvantage fighting for porridge with the refugees outside the city, and he did not want the children to starve to death.
He was a warrior who came out to fight for heaven and earth, because the pits and valleys full of people who died unjustly because of him, and the people who relied on him to survive until now are also everywhere. He killed many people and saved many people. He would have thought that he would have passed away long ago. The stage where one owes something to someone, or someone owes him something.
In a military government, the treatment of soldiers is a top priority, and the honors that are related to the soldiers' sense of honor are naturally the top priority.
A piece of blank paper, which of the bankrupt farmers who ran out of northern Shaanxi is not a blank piece of paper, even if they are in their prime, who followed him from northern Shaanxi to Qinghai, who is not loyal?
They have gone through many bloody battles on the battlefield. Except for some people with extraordinary ability and luck who have become generals, most of them are now generally serving as commanders, chiefs, and team managers. Those who have made mistakes in the process may still be Where is the official?
Others followed him and shed blood and left their homes to become rebels. Why should he let a few children step on these people's heads just because they had studied for two years?
There have been teachers in the camp since the time of Lion Camp. Which veteran at the level of Marshal Huben has not studied for two years?
Liu Chengzong was more willing to give them slightly lower military honors and stay by his side to observe them slowly. It would not be too late to promote those who were really capable in the future.
However, Liu Shizi never expected that when he finished writing the reply and opened the next official document, his eyes widened.
What Dad only wants is the military service of the soldiers. The real owner of this official document is even more powerful and directly asks him for the throne.
