"Your Highness is wise, the king is the best choice in Jin Dynasty!"
In terms of qualifications, Wang Zai Jin even surpassed the emperor's master Sun Chengzong. Hong Chengchou thought that he was incomparable, and he had to be polite when meeting him.
Having served as Minister of the Ministry of War, and having experienced Liaodong, I was very familiar with border affairs. It would be great if I could take up the post.
If you think about it carefully, this senior can rely on his former reputation to shock those Liaodong general soldiers who have their own evil intentions.
When Hong Chengchou was sitting in Shanhaiguan, he had already noticed that there was an unstoppable trend below, but he just didn't take any action.
The example of Yuan Chonghuan's skill in killing Mao Wenlong is still vivid in his mind, and Hong Chengchou is determined to reorganize military affairs after the beginning of spring.
Before he had time to start, he received an imperial edict from the capital and had to return to the court immediately.
"I also know something about border affairs and military affairs. Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day, and it cannot be corrected overnight. It must be done slowly. The fact that Aiqing can say such heartfelt words shows that you are loyal to the emperor and serve the country. , I am very pleased!"
When Lao Wangtou takes office, Yao Ji can pass the blame to his uncle and let Lao Wangtou play the strategic game of "stewing the Qing Dynasty in an iron pot".
Wang Zaijin is a senior expert in "popping" Donglu. He has ways to spend money and ways to save money. We will discuss it carefully when he arrives in the capital.
Hong Chengchou said that he would transfer the Liao generals and their troops to the pass, indicating that he had realized that the troops outside the pass were no longer reliable and might surrender to the enemy at any time due to defeat, or surrender without a fight.
Being able to make such an evaluation of his generals also means that Lao Hongtou's conscience is still in the Ming court and he has no intention of joining the new master or even establishing his own business.
In this case, this guy can still be used with confidence, as long as he is allowed to engage in what he is best at.
Whether he is loyal or not can be evaluated by looking at the number of beheaded bandits. Just "loyalty rice dumplings" is fun.
Hong Chengchou immediately raised his hands and saluted to show his sincerity: "This is a matter within the official's duty. No matter what His Highness orders, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
If the emperor really dies, the prince will inherit the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Although it is treasonous to think so, this is the current situation of the royal family.
Hong Chengchou was so smart. He received the imperial edict first, and then met the emperor. After thinking about it for a while, he had a sound plan for both advance and retreat.
Yao Ji had a pleasant look on his face and waved his hands with satisfaction: "Hong Aiqing doesn't have to be so polite. You and Sun Aiqing are both pillars of our Ming Dynasty, and they are my right-hand men. Originally, I recalled Aiqing not to suppress the rebellion, but just happened to be in Beijing. The camp temporarily turned against each other last night. Now that the two beauties are present, I can explain my plans before summer."
As for the five scumbags from the Jing camp, even if they had twice as many troops as the Yongwei camp, they couldn't defeat Huang Degong's troops.
Fortunately, they rebelled in time, just in time to catch up with the Qin soldiers stationed outside the city, and were exposed and beaten by the northwestern Han Dynasty.
Otherwise, when the two commander-in-chiefs lead their troops south, Jifu's troops would be limited, and they would still be able to survive for a few more days.
"No matter what happens, your Highness may give you your orders. I will listen attentively and don't dare to disobey!"
Since he is leading the charge and the rebellion in Beijing is behind him, the prince has more important things to deal with on his own.
Yaoji then roughly recounted what he had revealed to Lao Suntou: "I have received a tip-off that Zhang Xianzhong, who is currently in the northern part of Huguang, conspired with the troops of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo to rebel against the imperial court in early May. Zhang Xianzhong had secretly reported this before. After contacting Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng agreed that after Zhang Xianzhong raised his army, he would enter Henan to recruit troops and respond to him from a distance. I am determined to take a preemptive strike and assemble more than 100,000 troops to go south to encircle and suppress this rogue bandit and eradicate all the rogue bandits that have troubled the Ming Dynasty for many years!"
Yang Jinchao took out a map two arms wide and spread it out on the table. The map included eastern Sichuan, southeastern Shaanxi, central and southern Henan, southwestern Anhui, northwestern Jiangxi and most of Hunan.
Yaoji spent nearly five hours on this huge anti-banditry map that showed all the geographical coordinates. After the meeting was over, he asked the embroiderer to embroider a few more copies. It would be easy to turn it into a silk version. Keep it.
Hong Chengchou was very frightened when he heard this. It was not easy to wipe out so many bandits in one fell swoop, but he had already said the big words before, so he had to bite the bullet and agree: "I am willing to eliminate this big trouble for your highness!"
If the prince wants to annihilate these tens of thousands of bandits who have surrendered, how many soldiers and horses need to be mobilized to kill them all? How much food, grass and salary will be spent on this? Where did these soldiers, silver, and baggage come from?
Yaoji saw that the look in this guy's eyes was similar to that of Sun Chuanting a few days ago. He was worried about not having enough people and money, so he comforted him and said: "Hong Aiqing, don't worry, I can raise the things needed to suppress the bandits." That's almost it. Until the end of the year, the two beloved ministers can each be paid three hundred thousand taels of silver each month. Food and grass will be provided in full according to the strength of the troops. If the leader of the bandit is killed, the reward will be calculated separately. Sun Aiqing is appointed commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, mainly to deal with revolutionaries. The fifth battalion from the left and Luo Rucai's troops. Hong Aiqing is appointed as the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army. He must annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's troops and finally achieve an iron wall encirclement and annihilate the rogue bandits in the Huguang area! The commander-in-chief is a high-ranking official who only cares about military affairs and not political affairs. , you can focus on chasing down the bandits! If the deadline is exceeded, the war will be postponed to next year, and the monthly salary will drop to 200,000 taels!"
The money in hand at the moment is not too much, but it is enough to last until the end of the year. The monthly budget for suppressing bandits is 600,000 taels, and the total in nine months is 5.4 million taels, which a certain prince can still afford.
Not to mention this money, even if we add another four to five million taels of silver, as long as we can annihilate the main force of the rogue bandits before the end of next year, it will be a great joy.
Hong Chengchou calculated that his troops could draw three hundred thousand taels of silver every month, which was really a lot. The prince also spent a lot of money to exterminate the bandits.
This is a huge investment and must be carefully planned. Yaoji continued: "If these three bandits stick together and resist, the two beloved ministers can join forces to encircle and annihilate them. If they break out separately, they can arrange their own headquarters The men and horses pursued the pursuit, but I only provided food and wages, and did not interfere with the command. I waited quietly in Beijing for the news to come. Based on the current situation between the enemy and ourselves, I believe that it is necessary to set up defenses in Shangnan, Zhen'an, Xunyang, and Pingli in Shaanxi. It is defended by Zhao Guangyuan, Zuo Ming, Xiao Shending and Zhang Yinggui. They set up defenses in Xichuan, Neixiang, Zhenping, Nanyang, Dengzhou, Xinye, Tangxian, Biyang, Tongbai, Xinyang and other places in Henan to cut off the rogue bandits. The road is guarded by Zhang Guoqin, Hu Dawei, Chen Yongfu, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, and Wang Shaoyu. Mou Wenshou and Jiang Mingwu are also assigned to guard the area east of the faith."
A certain prince would not scribble on the map he painstakingly created. At most, he would use a sewing needle to insert the names of the generals on it for easy identification.
"Sun Aiqing will lead the four generals He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu from his headquarters, as well as the Bai Guang'en, Chai Shihua, Yang De, and Fang Guoan departments southward. The two generals of Huguang, Long Zaitian, and Xu Mingshi are at your disposal. Hong Aiqing can take Wang Pu, Tang Tong, and Li Fuming to the south. Zuo Liangyu, Miao Youcai, Zhang Renxue, Liu Zeqing, Yang Yufan, Feng Ju, and Ma Ke are all under the command of Hong Aiqing, including Chen Hongfan's Ma Tingbao and Xu Qi Zuobu."
With this arrangement, Sun Chuanting had ten general soldiers, and Hong Chengchou also gathered ten general soldiers, and transferred the escaped general Ma Ke back from Shanhaiguan and asked him to go directly to fight the bandits.
This brings together an army of more than 100,000 people, and if the share of empty pay is included, it may exceed 150,000.
The strength of the troops is more than twice that of the rogue bandits, and the intensity of the encirclement and suppression campaign is unprecedented. If the "loyalty rice dumplings" cannot mobilize troops in advance, the official army still has a good chance of winning.
"Your Highness's arrangement is very appropriate. This will prevent the bandits from fleeing north. However, I feel that the forces in the south and west are a little thinner!"
Hong Chengchou did not dare to say that the prince had no plan to deploy defenses in these two directions. He pressed the heavy troops from the north, which seemed to be intended to drive the rogue bandits south. In order to avoid offending the prince, he mentioned it carefully.
Of course Yaoji knew the loopholes in his arrangement, so he explained: "Fu Zonglong is in charge of Sichuan. I have already informed him that I will mobilize all the troops to guard the passage into Sichuan. Qin Liangyu's white pole army can serve as the core of defense. To the south is There is no need to set up defenses. We only need to control Xiangyang, Wuchang, Jingzhou and other important places. Firstly, the imperial court does not have more troops to surround the rogue bandits. Secondly, it is better for the rogue bandits to go south than to go north. I have learned from the fairy world that in the next three years, the north will There will be a severe drought. Once the rogue bandits re-enter the north, they will swell to hundreds of thousands in a few months. How can I exterminate them as soon as possible?"
Once Zhang Xianzhong or the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo are allowed to enter Henan or return to Shaanxi, then they will not have 350,000 troops, but 300,000 or 500,000 troops, turning from a spark into a conflagration.
At that time, even if all the troops from all over the country are mobilized, they may not be able to beat others. The rollover accident of the year will happen again. Yaoji doesn't want to go to see the crooked-neck tree in advance...
So, Hong Chengchou hurriedly apologized to the prince: "I am so stupid, I hope your highness will forgive me!"
Since the prince said so, the ministers acted in this way. He did not want more and more rogue bandits to be suppressed, and finally there were more bandits than the official army.
It is extremely difficult to compress the rogue bandits to such a large scale. If they are allowed to take advantage of them, their numbers will inevitably rebound, and the results of many years of encirclement and suppression will be in vain.
Sun Chuanting's expression seemed to be convinced by the prince's words. Hong Chengchou had just arrived in Beijing and was still unclear about most of the changes, so it was difficult to say anything more.
Especially what the prince learned from the fairy world, Hong Chengchou knew nothing about it. At present, he only knew that the beef ramen copied from the fairy world was delicious...
"It doesn't matter, Hong Aiqing has just arrived, and she still knows nothing about the recent events in the capital. It's been a tiring journey, so you can rest first. After you regain your consciousness, it won't be too late for me to discuss with Aiqing how to suppress the bandits!"
Old Hongtou is almost fifty years old. He has traveled 700 miles and his bones are all falling apart. After doing physical work, he still has to do mental work. He cannot torment others.
"My bones and muscles are still good, and my physical strength is very good. If your Highness has something to do, feel free to send him. As long as His Majesty's decree comes, my men and horses can enter the city and annihilate the traitors!"
The sound of artillery could still be heard very clearly from the outer city, indicating that the Qing Dynasty's campaign to suppress the capital was not over yet. If he took a break at this time, Hong Chengchou would have spent so many years in officialdom in vain, and he had to do his best no matter what.
"Ai Qing doesn't know something. I have informed all the troops in advance that if you kill a bandit, you can get ten taels of silver. The enemies outside the city belong to Sun Aiqing's Qin soldiers, and the enemies inside the city belong to Huang Degong's Yongwei camp. Ai Qing If our troops go to war, firstly, others will misunderstand, and secondly, they are afraid of hurting innocent people, because all counter-rebellion soldiers need to wear white scarves for easy identification."
With the amount of the reward, it is estimated that the Qin soldiers are killing people outside the city. Anyone who dares to compete with them will be killed.
We haven't received any news yet that the other five lieutenants of the third battalion were killed, which may mean that they are still being hunted from behind.
Yaoji also wants to provoke these four general soldiers from behind. They eat meat, so you can't even drink soup.
Only in this way can they stimulate their desire to win. When they see the reward order from the bandits, they will automatically and consciously go into battle to kill the enemy.
Otherwise, just like Zuo Liangyu, fight if you can, and run if you can't. Then you won't have time to annihilate all the bandits.
"If His Highness hadn't reminded you in time, I would have almost made a big mistake. I must reflect on myself and restrain my troops!"
Hong Chengchou immediately felt a little lucky. Fortunately, before entering the city, he had strictly ordered all the troops not to move lightly. Otherwise, once they go out to attack, Qin soldiers will definitely kill and injure their own soldiers.
If the casualties on both sides are too high and the conflict is intensified, it may turn into a fight between tribes. This kind of thing should never happen under the emperor's feet.
It doesn't matter if you don't get the credit for rescuing the driver, as long as you don't make a big mistake in front of the prince.
Sun Chuanting is here. If his general leads an attack and the news reaches the palace, he won't be able to keep it off his face.
Yaoji waved his hand very kindly and said with a carefree smile: "No problem, Aiqing, there is no need to blame yourself. The rebellion in Beijing camp was sudden and had nothing to do with Aiqing leading his troops to arrive in Beijing. Aiqing can lead the army to advance as soon as possible." Come, we have defended the capital, and the Queen Mother and I are very pleased. By the way, how is your mausoleum? I also plan to confer the title of first-grade imperial concubine!"
An official's wife can be named "Mrs. Gaoming", and his biological mother can be named "Mrs. Gaoming".
Hong Chengchou is a filial son, and the best way to win over such a person is to elevate her mother's status.
Let this guy feel that a certain prince values their mother and son very much, so that he can do his best for him.
Lao Hongtou's biological mother was also a very loyal woman. After the traitor surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, she cut off all contact with her and refused to enjoy the support of her son.
Under his guidance, almost all the young and old of the Hong family drew a clear line with Hong Chengchou, allowing him to truly become a senior official living with his wife and concubines.
Upon hearing this, Hong Chengchou immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "I have been deeply favored by the Holy Spirit. I thank the Holy Father on behalf of my mother. I will never dare to be so favored by His Highness again!"
Mrs. Yipin Gaoming's name was very famous, but she didn't have much power, but she could undermine the son of a traitor, which was very important.
Yaoji watched quietly with his hands behind his back, and did not let Hong Chengchou get up. He paused and said, "If I don't grant you the imperial title, then I will grant you the title of Aiqing!"
The omitted sentence is - Aiqing really wants me to be sealed to the point where I can't be sealed? ? ?
Throughout the ages, if someone really reaches the point where his achievements are so great that he is close to death!
