"In addition, Lu Daqi will be appointed as the governor of Henan, and he will coordinate with the governor of Huguang, Fang Kongzhen, from the north to the south, and cooperate with the two love ministers to encircle and suppress the bandits in the northern part of Huguang. The soldiers in each city are controlled by the two governors and will not go out to fight. The strategy will be to stick to the city. Node to curb the attack of the rogue bandits. The general troops of each route are commanded by the two beauties, and each unit is dedicated to annihilating the enemy in the field. If the rogue bandits cannot capture the city, it will be difficult to obtain supplies. Our army will carry out frontal attacks and two-wing harassment day and night. Over time, its power will decline and it will die soon.”
Lu Daqi and Fang Kongzhen were both civil servants of the main war faction. Although they were governors, they commanded the battle with style, no less than the two commanders-in-chief.
Chai Shihua, the arrogant, domineering and disrespectful general of Gusu, was beaten to death by Lu Daqi, and Fang Kongzhen even achieved eight battles and eight victories against the rogue bandits.
With these two helpers stationed in Henan and Huguang, and a certain prince re-planned the battlefield and surrounding defense areas, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting could concentrate on encircling and suppressing the rogue bandits.
Yaoji deliberately divided the Ming army in the war zone into two parts: combat troops and garrison troops. The former were commanded by the commander-in-chief, while the latter were commanded by the governor. Although they were complementary subordinates, they were not contradictory.
War soldiers are field troops, specially used for fighting in the field. They do not need to participate in defending the city, so that they will not be reduced in pursuit by rogue bandits.
The guards are also specially used to protect the security of the city. Since their combat effectiveness is not strong, they don't have to worry about being surrounded and annihilated by rogue bandits in the wild.
After optimizing the combination, you can learn from each other's strengths and offset your weaknesses. You can not only prevent the cities in the two places from being captured by rogue bandits, but also hunt down the rebellious rebels throughout the territory.
"I sent Wu Guojun and Chen Guowei to Shangluo Mountain in southern Shaanxi to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng who was hiding here. Li Ni now has less than a thousand followers. If he takes advantage of the chaos and enters Henan, where there are many people, The consequences are disastrous. These two are under the control of the governor of Shaanxi, so Sun Aiqing does not need to worry and only needs to concentrate on dealing with the Luo Rucai Group."
If they can't find Brother Li, the courier, the worst they can do is let the two men set fire to the mountain. A certain prince couldn't believe that the "courier team" could still squat in the mountain after seeing the smoke billowing from the mountain fire.
If Zhang Xianzhong really gave Li Zicheng no less than 500 war horses as stated in the bound book, then the courier team would have at least two to three hundred people. It would be difficult to hide in such a big group.
As long as Wu Guojun and Chen Guowei carry out targeted raids, it will not be difficult to find clues about the rogue bandits, and follow their whereabouts to follow their clues. No matter how powerful and cunning Li Zicheng is, he cannot defeat an army ten times his own.
"Your Highness is wise. If this happens, Li Ni will be unable to escape. This arrangement is very appropriate and will be foolproof!"
Although Sun Chuanting wanted to capture Li Zicheng and offer him as a gift to the prince, Li Zicheng, whose strength had declined sharply, had long since disappeared. Before he was imprisoned, Sun Chuanting's troops searched almost the entire southern Shaanxi Province and failed to find this old enemy.
If Li Zicheng secretly entered Henan, where the army was relatively weak, when the army was encircling Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong, and recruited a large number of civilians there as his troops, it would definitely be a blow to the imperial court, and troops would have to be mobilized to rescue various places in Henan. .
Capturing Li Ni in Shangluo Mountain is the best result. It can not only eliminate a huge disaster for the court, but also save this worry for the troops ahead to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
Yaoji also felt that this deployment was enough. If the troops to wipe out the courier Brother Li were not enough, he would transfer the fierce tiger troops to southern Shaanxi, so that Li Zicheng could neither eat nor take away.
If that was not enough, after Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue cured Wang Pu's headache, he would also transfer his troops there.
Even if Li Zicheng managed to enter Henan under a large-scale raid by the army, Yao Ji did not believe that he would still have time to gather so many cannon fodder in the face of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.
Compared with the damage that Brother Li later caused to the Great Rebellion, even mobilizing 50,000 people to mop up Li Zicheng's 500 people was a cost-effective solution.
If he really asked him to pull up a team of tens of thousands, it would not be something that could be eliminated with only 50,000 officers and soldiers. Maybe he would have to be punished by someone else.
"I will appoint You Shiwei as the commander-in-chief of Yulin, and Wang Shiqin, Hou Shilu, You Shigong, and You Shilu as deputy generals. He will recruit and train 15,000 troops in Yulin locally, with jurisdiction over fine cavalry, chariots, and infantry. Four thousand each, plus three thousand miscellaneous servants, to stabilize the situation in northern Shaanxi."
You Shiwei is considered a good general. He was the chief military officer as early as the second year of Chongzhen and was responsible for guarding the Jifu area. Because the Tianxiong army following Lu Xiangsheng resisted the Qing army's attack in winter, Lu Xiangsheng died on the spot. You Shiwei did not die. The fat man gave him the qualification to take the blame.
Not only him, but their elder brother You Shigong and younger brother You Shilu all became victims. Their talents were useless, but they were all gifted by Yang Sichang.
Even so, when Li Zicheng's army attacked Yulin, these generals who were idle at home still fought bloody battles with the rogue bandits together with the people in the city for seven days and nights, and finally the city was broken and killed.
The scapegoat ignores people like this and favors Ma Ke, Wang Pu, Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu and the like. They are really examples of how you feel uncomfortable if you don’t cheat yourself every day...
A certain prince was very curious. The generals who followed Lu Xiangsheng in the bloody battle with the Qing army in Julujiazhuang were deregistered. Lu Xiangsheng himself was treated as missing, but the generals who fled the battle like Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei did not suffer at all.
I have to say that the IQ of the scapegoat can no longer be explained by arrears. It is not much higher than Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty. I am afraid that Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty and Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty cannot do such a thing, right?
Seeing that this guy has become a quasi-vegetative state, Yao Ji will not hold him responsible for the time being, and the big pot can be carried by his beloved minister Yang Sichang.
Fifteen thousand troops are not a large number, but the expenses are not small either. Each soldier will receive two taels of silver per month, and the handymen will also receive one, two, and five cents. Including the monthly salary of the generals, the total will not be less than Thirty thousand taels of silver means 360,000 taels for the whole year.
This is just the salary. If you don’t count the required ordnance, clothing, food, grass, and ammunition, if you add them all up, the cost to support this new army will not be less than 600,000 taels a year, but it is better than using boxes of silver. It would be much better to feed the white-eyed wolf in Jingying.
I don’t know how long it will take the new governor of Shaanxi, Zuo Maodi, to solve the poverty problem in northern Shaanxi, especially in the Yansui area. The Minfeng in this place is fierce. Once chaos breaks out, it will give the court a headache. This is the only way a certain prince can get out of it. Please help me.
If it is controlled by a more reliable local general, it should not get out of control. Considering that You Shiwei is also a brave and experienced general, if he is dragged out to suppress the bandits, he will definitely not be worse than He Renlong and other Qin army units. .
Yaoji believes that mobilizing the young people in the Yansui area in this way is better than just providing work for relief. After all, not everyone is willing to engage in a step-by-step drudgery. Some people are born with a liking for fighting and killing.
It would be great if the people in Yulin are willing to serve as soldiers. Since they don’t have to worry about pay, they can recruit as many soldiers as possible from Yulin and other places. If it were replaced by Jiangnan, it is estimated that not many people would be willing to do this with their heads in their belts. Business.
In general, as long as the weapons and ammunition are distributed in place and sufficient wages and food are provided, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, mainly composed of Yulin soldiers, is not low at all. It will be difficult to defeat the Qing army, but it will not be easy to defeat the rogue bandits.
The Qin army commanded by Sun Chuanting once defeated Gao Yingxiang in Heishui Valley, and Li Zicheng was left with less than a hundred men. Until now, they still dare not run out of Shangluo Mountain to defeat the enemy. It can be said that the record is brilliant, there is no doubt about this.
If You Shiwei can build this new army into a combat effectiveness no less than Sun Chuanting's, a certain prince will allow it to expand to 30,000 troops, and its strength can even catch up with the Qin army in Sun Chuanting's hands.
If it really works out, Governor Zuo Maodi can let You Shiwei lead his troops to hunt down the rogue bandits in Shaanxi, and let Sun Chuanting's Qin army concentrate on fighting in other places.
"Your Highness is wise, and I am also afraid that the Qin army will go out to encircle and suppress the bandits, leaving the rear empty, and the bandits lurking in various places will take the opportunity to enter. If You Shiwei and others build a new army to protect the safety of Shaanxi, it will be a safe strategy. .”
The new governor Zuo Maodi is still not sure how bad the overall situation in Shaanxi is. It seems calm, but in fact there are undercurrents. Due to successive years of disasters, there is a possibility of large-scale civil war in various parts of Shaanxi at any time.
Sun Chuanting once wrote to the emperor asking to lead his army to join forces with Shaanxi, but was flatly rejected by the dumper. Yang Sichang also asked the Qin army to garrison Jifu and even Liaoxi. Sun Chuanting did not agree and wanted to submit a letter, but was blocked by Yang Sichang.
In a rage, he wanted to retire due to illness, and Yang Sichang made a big fuss, causing Sun Chuanting to be dismissed from his post and imprisoned.
After that, the "Big Zongzi" launched a rebellion in Huguang Gucheng. Yang Sichang, who killed Lu Xiangsheng and framed Sun Chuanting, had to personally supervise the army to suppress it, and was eventually played to death by Zuo Liangyu.
The main reason why Yang Sichang was able to jump up and down in the court, deceive people everywhere, and manipulate the generals at the palm of his hand was because of the protection and reuse of his father. The secondary reason was that he had never met anyone who was more capable of deceiving people than him. guys, such as Zuo Liangyu.
If Lord Shufu had met Zuo Liangyu earlier, he would have been tricked to death by Zuo Liangyu. In this way, he could be regarded as getting rid of a serious problem for the court and the people. Yang Sichang was actually more destructive to the Great Dynasty than Zhang Xianzhong, only Second to Xiong Wencan.
After Yang Sichang was imprisoned, since the prince had issued an order to recruit many witnesses at the time in order to kill the former cardinal, Sun Chuanting did not hold grudges because someone had avenged him.
The only thing that is still on my mind is the situation in Shaanxi. If there is a fire in the backyard, the Qin army fighting outside Shaanxi will definitely be unstable and always want to go home.
Now Shaanxi Wen has Zuo Maodi in charge, and Wu has You Shiwei in charge. Together with the existing garrisons in various places, Shaanxi can be pacified in the short term, and the rogue bandits waiting for opportunities to cause trouble will be in constant panic.
Chai Shihua, the commander-in-chief of Gusu, is just a clown, vulnerable to a single blow. When Li Zicheng is captured or Luo Rucai is annihilated, the Qin army or other officers and soldiers will return to Gusu, and the decision will be made in a single battle. Chai Shihua will never be able to fight back.
"Well! If Shaanxi is stable, the northwest will be worry-free. After I stabilize the mountains, most of the troubles in the north will be eliminated, and the Henan bandits will no longer be afraid! I will ask each government to implement a work-relief policy , and at the same time asked Lu Daqi, the new governor of Henan, to build boats and rafts, so that Li Ni could go down the river by boat to Shandong and Nanzhili, where he could settle down and regain his livelihood. Even if Li Ni was lucky enough to enter Henan, There will also be no soldiers to recruit, and when the pursuers follow, it will be a lost dog."
To deal with Courier Brother Li, we must first carry out a sweeping sweep of Shangluo Mountain and recruit informants through huge rewards. We are not afraid of not getting valuable information. If we still can't catch the person, we will just set the mountain on fire.
Secondly, if Li Zicheng is lucky enough to enter Henan, he will have to pass through the checkpoints along the way. Once discovered, he will become a target of public criticism. If he chooses to travel over mountains and ridges, he will lose his supply source.
Third, Wu Guojun and Chen Guowei did not have to do anything else. They were specifically responsible for chasing Li Zicheng. Even if they did not capture the bandit leader and killed the general of Courier Brother Li, they would still receive a large amount of silver reward, at least ten thousand taels.
Yaoji asked the local ministries in Henan to conduct strict screening, and at the same time asked Lu Daqi to implement the work-for-relief policy, and transport some of the disasters himself, and wait and see how the courier Brother Li can pull up an army of tens of thousands, not to mention there are still more people behind his back. Thousands of soldiers pursued him.
The largest work-for-relief project is mining. The Pingdingshan mining area has existed since the late Ming Dynasty. There are countless people who strip away the earth and dig coal. However, for the tens of billions of tons of reserves in the mine, the parts that have been dug out are not even a hair. It doesn’t even count.
The amount available for open-pit mining is not too large, but it is still hundreds of millions of tons. Based on the mining capacity of the Ming Dynasty, it would be no problem for 100,000 people to dig it for thirty to fifty years. As long as it is dug out and not sold to Shanxi, otherwise it will be Pay death...
The reserves of the Jiaozuo mining area are second, at about 8 billion tons. It can also provide livelihoods to tens of thousands of disaster victims. The coal can be burned into carbon and then transported out. In addition to customs fees, there is no need to pay other taxes.
Yaoji's requirements for coal mines are different from those of gold mines and oil fields. As long as it can feed the miners, it does not rely on coal mines to levy heavy taxes, especially in a place like Henan that is suffering regardless of disasters. As long as they don't ask the court for money, then Even thank God.
In addition to the two major mining areas mentioned above, mining can be done in Hebi, Yima, Zhengzhou, and Yongxia. A certain prince didn't want this, but even raindrops wouldn't fall from the sky, let alone buns. If that were the case, there would be no need to sweat like rain while digging.
Counting the miners and their families, the entire mining area can accommodate about a million people. As long as you have the strength, you can dig out as much coal as you want. As long as it is not used to harm other people's lives, you can burn the coal at will and you don't have to pay taxes.
The cities in various places absorbed part of the disaster, and those who couldn't be resettled were allowed to move eastward along the river. It would be easier to get to Shandong or Nanzhili, where there were more employment opportunities and they were not afraid of starving to death.
Yaoji will tell Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Zuo Maodi, the governor of Shaanxi, how to do it. He will also write a detailed explanation and ask Kuai Ma to give it to Lu Daqi, asking him to act according to it.
Lu Daqi is indeed talented and knowledgeable, and his ability is no less than that of Zuo Maodi. However, the situation in Henan is much more severe than that of Shandong or Shaanxi, and he also faces the invasion of rogue bandits. Without face-to-face instructions, he can How it will be accomplished is unknown.
A certain prince could only write down the work-for-relief strategy as clearly as possible, including the location of the mining area, management methods, operation model, etc., and he had to draw multiple maps so that Lu Daqi could understand clearly. .
I hope Lu Aiqing won’t take down the map in her excitement...
