In fact, Yuan Keli does have the confidence to win.
Because he had already made full preparations for the possible rebellion of the southwestern chieftains after he took office as the governor of the five provinces.
Wang Xiangqian told Zhu Youxiao that there were three difficulties in using troops in the southwest.
And he already had corresponding countermeasures for these three difficulties.
In view of the complicated ethnic composition, he asked officials at all levels to treat Han and Yi people equally, and spent heavily to recruit Fanmin and Han Sichuan soldiers from different chieftains in the southwest to form his standard camp, which was trained by Commander Deng Jilong.
Today, these Fan people have become his assistants in mobilizing Fan people from various places, allowing Yuan Keli to quickly recruit not only a large number of Han refugees, but also many Fan Yi refugees after taking charge of the southwest.
After these refugees were recruited by him, he used these recruited refugees to solve the second difficulty of using troops in the southwest, which was to organize these people to repair official roads and post stations in various prefectures in Sichuan before the She Chongming rebellion.
In this way, these refugees can not only make a living by working, but also will not be coerced by She Chongming's rebels to form a larger rebel army after She Chongming's rebellion.
Not only that, Yuan Keli had already rehearsed in his mind how She Chongming would march after the rebellion. He even rehearsed it many times. From this, he determined how he might deploy his troops, and made preparations in advance on the way his officers and troops would march. Logistical support.
First of all, Yuan Keli had already organized refugees to build additional bridges in these places.
Secondly, Yuan Keli also set up additional stations on these roads, and prepared mangers and water tanks at each station in advance. He also sent special personnel to prepare food here and filled the mangers with beans.
Therefore, when Qin Liangyu led his troops to rush to Chengdu, his troops and horses could advance quickly without stopping along the way. The soldiers could drink water and eat rice at any time, and the accompanying horses could also eat beans at any time.
Not only Qin Liangyu's troops, but also the three officers and soldiers who gathered in Jiangjin, Du Wenhuan, Li Shiqi, and Wang Jianzhong, also had their logistical pressure greatly reduced, and they came all the way to Jiangjin at lightning speed.
In addition, Wang Xiangqian proposed that the southwest region has the characteristics of changeable climate and rampant epidemics.
Yuan Keli also set up temporary medical clinics at each post station, reserved doctors recruited from various places, and prepared sufficient medicinal materials.
Once an officer or soldier gets sick along the way, he or she will be taken in promptly without having to march with the large army and infect other soldiers. In addition, Yuan Keli also complied with Zhu Youxiao's previous imperial edict that all officers and soldiers must drink boiled water during camping and marching. Let the water in the water tanks at each station be boiled water.
Of course, all of this is inseparable from the Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
After all, this requires a lot of money and food.
However, Zhu Youxiao relied on Jiangnan to collect taxes and clear his land, which greatly increased the revenue of the treasury and provided a lot of more grain. He then gave Sichuan one million stones of grain in advance as a strategic reserve.
Later, Zhu Youxiao successively allocated a batch of grain and silver to Sichuan, so Yuan Keli, the manager, could easily recruit a large number of refugees in Sichuan in advance and make various pre-war preparations in advance.
To put it bluntly, war is all about money and food.
If Zhu Youxiao had not been ruthless to the Jiangnan gentry, Yuan Keli would not have been able to deal with She Chongming's rebellion so calmly now.
For this reason, She Chongming did not expect that less than a day after he besieged Chengdu, Qin Liangyu led the white pole soldiers to the new capital.
"Damn it, these 6,000 white-armed soldiers from Shili were not able to fly here! They arrived in Xindu so quickly. Is it true that you got the news?"
She Chongming kicked over the brazier in front of him and asked Zhu Qinggui, the disciple who came to give news to his compatriots.
Zhu Qinggui hurriedly replied: "Students dare not lie to you. It was a message from our feudal master. As soon as Qin Liangyu arrived in the new capital, he sent cavalry to Xu Ruke, the deputy military envoy, late yesterday night to deliver her. The Shizhu soldiers have arrived in the new capital. message."
At this time, She Chongming's son She Yinjiu also threw down the curtain and came in: "Dad! A large number of officers and soldiers were indeed found in the direction of Xindu. They are Qin Liangyu's white soldiers."
"You bastard! How come Chief Shitui is so dedicated to his Zhu family!"
She Chongming punched the table hard, knocking over the tea cups on the table and pouring out a tableful of tea.
The people in the tent did not dare to speak anymore.
After a long time, She Chongming said one after another: "Zhou Ding and his 30,000 soldiers and horses immediately go to Niuma Town, the new capital, and stop Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers for me!"
"yes!"
She Yinjiu replied.
She Chongming looked at Zhu Qinggui: "Where is your food? Why hasn't it been delivered yet?!"
Because Yuan Keli had cleared the country in Sichuan and Guizhou in advance, some states and counties captured by She Chongming had almost no food reserves.
Therefore, since She Chongming's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were dispatched, in addition to raping and plundering the Han and Yi people and increasing people's resentment, they still have not received good logistical supplements. After all, the various official treasuries have All the food was emptied, and the food reserves of ordinary people could not cover the consumption of his tens of thousands of troops.
Therefore, the She Chong Ming rebels, who originally planned to seize the official treasury of various places and take the opportunity to recruit troops and buy horses to become bigger and stronger, now have to starve.
As Fang Congzhe expected, She Chongming was besieging Chengdu now only because he was interested in Chengdu's grain reserves, rather than considering whether Chengdu was worth attacking from a military perspective.
And because of this, She Chongming can only place his hope on some gentry who colluded with him secretly.
Zhu Qinggui hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Yuan Ke has issued an order starting from Chongqing. All civilian ships going down the river are prohibited from passing, and business travelers from Sichuan are prohibited from passing. Therefore, it is really difficult to transport food. Now, we are trying to find a way to let people use the name of the Shu Palace Five thousand shi of grain and three thousand kilograms of gunpowder have been transported, but the students really can’t guarantee when they will arrive!”
She Chongming has already proclaimed himself emperor, and his founding name was "Daliang", so Zhu Qinggui will call him his majesty.
At this time, after hearing what Zhu Qinggui said, She Chongming strangled Zhu Qinggui's neck angrily, gritted his teeth and said: "Back then, you were the tyrant in Ming Dynasty and the treacherous ministers in power. This Yuan Keli is just an armchair strategist, and he doesn't have much ability." , I finally decided to rebel after listening to your words. Why the hell, this Yuan Keli is not as incompetent as you said, he is even very powerful. He first allowed me to expand the army before he was able to expand the army, but he also strengthened the wall and cleared the country in advance, allowing me to grab it. Without food, I am forced to attack big cities like Chongqing and Chengdu! What are your intentions?"
Zhu Qinggui turned red in the face.
Seeing this, She Chongming still dropped his hand: "Let your master respond directly in the city and open the gates of Chengdu! Otherwise, I won't be able to spare him!"
"Ahem!"
Zhu Qinggui coughed for a while, then knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down! The person who is now in charge of the officers and soldiers in Chengdu is Xu Ruke. Yuan Keli gave him a warrant, forcing all the civil and military officials in Chengdu to obey him. Although my master is Zuo Buzheng The envoy doesn’t have any military power, so he really can’t open the city gate!”
"Then what should I do! You Jiangnan gentry agreed to transport grain, gunpowder, and firearms from the Yangtze River for support, but I didn't see any of it. Now Qin Liangyu's 6,000 white-armed soldiers have arrived, and there are still people in Chengdu that you said With tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, how can I fight with a bunch of hungry soldiers?!"
She Chongming kicked Zhu Qinggui directly.
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The next day.
Qin Liangyu personally led 6,000 white pole soldiers to fight fiercely with the She Chongming rebels in Niuma Town, Xindu, directly defeating the She Chongming rebels Zhou Ding.
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