When Yaoji saw that everyone mistakenly thought that Hong Chengchou was going south to wipe out the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, he did not correct himself. This matter was delayed day by day. He said at the court meeting next Monday that he could still buy Hong Chengchou one more day of marching time: "If the rogue bandits are not eliminated for one day, the imperial court will hardly be able to say that it is stable. Military advisor Liu Bowen has calculated with his fingers that our country in the Ming Dynasty will experience severe drought for at least five years. If the remnants of the rogue bandits are allowed to take advantage of them and make a comeback, the country and the country will be in turmoil again. Therefore, this book The palace had to act secretly to avoid leaking the secret."
There are many spies arranged by Zhang Xianzhong in advance in the Jifu area. It is not known whether they were "snapped" during the cleanup of moths and the rebellion in the Beijing camp.
The factory guards couldn't take the initiative to alert the enemy, so the dispatch of troops to suppress the bandits had to be carried out in a highly confidential manner. Once the slightest bit of news leaked out, earth-shattering things would definitely happen in Huguang.
As long as Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting could gain the opportunity to invade the areas around Huguang, a certain prince was still willing to be criticized by his officials. This was the first pot that he would not throw away.
Calculated based on the time of entry, the cavalry can arrive at the scheduled assembly point within twenty days, while a large group of mainly infantry will take twenty-five to thirty days.
However, according to the prior planning, the two groups of troops will launch a full-scale attack on the established target before April 30 at the earliest. In other words, they will enter the Huguang area around April 25.
Since capturing Liu Zeqing did not take much effort, Hong Chengchou's troops only stayed in Jining for one day without wasting time. As long as the weather conditions remained so bad, the troops from the east route would arrive at the Huguang theater within the stipulated time.
There has been no reply from the people on the west route led by Sun Chuanting, but according to the distance, it should have happened in the past two days. Wang Shaoyu's IQ should not be as good as Liu Zeqing's. Sun Chuanting can even kill He Renlong. Wang Shaoyu should not be able to do it. question.
The ministers who were a little dissatisfied were probably relieved after hearing the prince's explanation. There was a reason why the prince decided to deal with this matter first. Once the important military affairs were leaked, all previous efforts would be wasted.
In the successive years of suppressing the bandits, the government troops have repeatedly failed to advance. Many of the reasons were due to the intelligence of the government troops that the bandits had learned in advance. The same mistakes must not be repeated this time.
In particular, Hong Chengchou transferred some of the troops guarding western Liaoning from Shanhaiguan and tried to keep it secret. It was best not to let the Donglu know about it immediately. Otherwise, after autumn, the officers and soldiers would not be able to return to Jifu in time, and the Ming Dynasty would be even more passive in the situation. .
"As for the execution of Liu Zeqing, Wang Aiqing can circulate the contents on the paper to all of you. This is what Liu Bowen's military advisor calculated for him. I deeply believed it and asked Hong Chengchou to do it. All the consequences of this will be I am the one responsible for this, and it has nothing to do with you dear ladies."
A black sheep like Liu Zeqing must not only be killed, but also struck first. The longer he is allowed to live, the greater the side effects will be on the Ming Dynasty. In the end, it will be so great that the court cannot deal with him at all.
This also served as a reminder to the general soldiers who fought against Hong Chengchou, and served as a warning before the battle. If the general soldier is afraid of the enemy and is timid to fight, the Shangfang sword in Hong Chengchou's hand is not easy to mess with. It will definitely draw blood.
Of course, before leaving camp, a certain prince specifically told his right-hand men that they could only kill their own generals. Even if some people were unfavorable in the battle, they could not kill the other's generals, otherwise they would have to make chaos.
As long as the general soldiers are not deliberately trying to fight against their superiors and have sufficient food and pay, they will probably concentrate on suppressing the bandits. And this time is different from the past. The prince has already offered a high reward for the head of the bandit leader. Find Dushuai to cash out.
The reward silver is not included in the 300,000 taels of silver that the commander-in-chief can control every month. Instead, they exchange it with their subordinates first, and then the account department fills it up.
For the reward of tens of thousands of taels of silver, the officers and soldiers not only had the advantage in strength, but also launched a pre-emptive attack and launched a net-like encirclement and suppression. The general soldiers would also go all out to gain both fame and fortune.
Hong Chengchou's men did not participate in the battle to extinguish the rebellion in the Jing camp. The battle was split between Sun Chuanting's Qin army and Huang Degong's Yongwei camp.
The soldiers of the Qin army who had received a lot of money in the first battle, stimulated by the reward, would regard this southward campaign to suppress the bandits as their second opportunity to make money.
In their eyes, a certain prince is a generous emperor who spends a lot of money, and Marshal Sun has a huge amount of money. As long as they fight bravely to kill the enemy, they can live a good life of plenty of food and wine.
Just for wiping out the rebel Beijing camp, a certain prince rewarded each of Sun Chuanting's four general soldiers with five thousand taels of cash. This was a rich reward that had never been seen before.
The Qin army is now strong. If they want to continue to earn boxes of silver, they can do it as long as they follow the edict and obey Marshal Sun's orders, and they will not be afraid of those half-hearted bandits.
After Xue Guo watched it, he immediately expressed his position that he could not delay this time, because everyone was killed by Hong Chengchou, and the prince also said that he would bear the consequences himself, so he would have no worries when commenting, and he would definitely follow the wishes of his prospective son-in-law. : "This guy is really hateful. He was a perfunctory person in the land of fish and meat, but in the end he went to Donglu and accepted the thief as his father. He should be killed and eradicated!"
The contents of the paper listed Liu Zeqing's actions, which were all detestable. This commander-in-chief was a heinous scourge, comparable to Kong Youde who launched the Dengzhou Rebellion. It would be a great pleasure to be able to successfully eliminate him. .
After Xue Guoguan spoke, Wu Di also followed up with a serious expression: "What the chief assistant said is true. Military advisor Liu has always made every effort. I also deeply hate Liu Zeqing's behavior. As a general, I must fight bravely to kill the enemy, and this person But he waited and watched, greedy for pleasure, and his heart was extremely sinister. If he stayed in the army, chaos would inevitably arise for a long time. Hong Shaobao was able to capture and kill him in one fell swoop, which is a great achievement."
As the second assistant, Wu Di didn't really believe what the prince said about the immortal world, but the various measures since supervising the country made him have to believe it, especially the exact location of the gold mines in various places. The emperor's instructions will definitely not be known.
If the gold mine is indeed a real thing and can be mined as scheduled, the annual income of the Ministry of Revenue will inevitably increase sharply. With other taxes, it is natural that Taicang can collect more than 20 million taels of silver per year. After exempting the three rates, the Ministry of Revenue can still be like this Astonishing profits, the prince naturally takes the greatest credit.
The First Assistant and the Second Assistant successively expressed their opinions on the matter, and other ministers also had very similar views to them. Although Wang Jiayan, the Minister of War, was very unhappy, he had to tolerate it for the time being.
The prince's deployment of troops and generals this time completely bypassed the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army. This was an act of transgression. There had never been a similar incident during the reign of Emperor Chongzhen. If things went on like this, the Ministry of War would be in vain.
Seeing that the ministers had no objections on this matter, Yaoji explained: "I revived Sun Chuanting and dispatched Hong Chengchou, which is to imitate Tang Suzong's emphasis on Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, hoping to turn the tide and revive the Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty also suspected that Guo Ziyi was self-respecting and might even imitate Sima Yi. However, when the enemy was at hand, the most he could do was to remove his military power, unlike a scapegoat who would start killing off the enemy before they were all dead.
When the rogue bandits reappeared, they thought of hugging someone else's lap temporarily. He knew nothing about military affairs, but he liked to interfere crazily with his subordinates' dispatching time. He wished that he could push these loyal ministers and generals to death to feel better physically and mentally.
This is a typical example of a layman guiding an expert. The most pitiful thing is that this layman has very bad luck. He will choose the wrong method and result every time, and then repeat the cycle, and finally pass the responsibility to others.
Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou were all tricked by this layman. The first three were tricked to death. After the last one was tricked, he resolutely chose to fight against the trick, making the layman think that Hong Chengchou had sacrificed his life for righteousness, and went on a rampage. A memorial ceremony was held.
Generals who lead troops on the front line are most afraid of this kind of boss. They clearly don’t understand or know anything, but they are still self-righteous, thinking that they are talented and good at making decisions. In the end, they are just giving blind orders and ruining their own troops. Tragedy to the point of eternal destruction.
I didn’t know how to plan in advance, and I couldn’t even get enough food and wages, leaving a gap of more than half of the supplies, so I let the general advance alone, using “I think” and “I think” as the prerequisites, completely ignoring the comparison of strength and strength between the two sides. overall situation.
If I say fight, you must fight, and you must win. If you cannot win, I will punish you...
Every time he thought of General Zha Ming having such an extraordinary emperor above his head, Yao Ji felt sorry for them.
Even if you were replaced by Zhao Yun, Yue Fei, and Chen Qingzhi, you would be given 20 to 30% of the supplies. Each time you fight, you would have to face an enemy force that is five times or even ten times your own. You still have to defeat the enemy. It is estimated that these three famous generals will be worried to death. .
As long as he failed to defeat the stubborn enemy once or twice, a certain emperor would issue an order to punish him. This was much more severe than Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, and Sui Yang.
Yue Fei should be lucky that the emperor he served was Zhao Gou. If he had been the one who dumped the blame, he would probably have been imprisoned and executed before he lived longer than he deserved...
Like Zu Kuan, who is now serving in the East Palace Guards, he worked very hard in suppressing the bandits. Just because he took the blame for Yang Sichang, he was thrown into jail by his father who blamed him. In the end, he died. Shan Shan died with him. Yan Jizu, the governor of Dongdong.
Some people also think that the father who dumped the blame was a wise king, but it was just a bad time to catch up. In addition, there were many ministers who cheated the king, which led to his final defeat.
Yaoji just wants to ask, which wise king in history was fooled by his father-in-law?
Does it mean that just asking this will kill the whole world?
Isn't it embarrassing to be treated like a monkey by your father-in-law and nobles?
It seems a bit difficult to be a wise king even if you don’t have enough IQ!
"Your Highness is wise, now that the bandits in various parts of the south have been almost eliminated, only the Five Gezuo Battalion is left wreaking havoc in the Dabie Mountains. If Hong Shaobao can wipe them out, the imperial court can gather its forces and use all its strength to deal with the Eastern invaders. Will the situation be reversed? Only on this occasion of two years.”
Feng Quan, the Minister of Rites, was only a layman on the military, but he was very proficient in flattery. His colleagues had already explained the basic situation. After he understood the content, he could process it on his own and come up with some words that would convince the prince.
"It is exactly what Uncle Da Zong said. Your Highness advocates first moving from the inside to the outside, stabilizing the south, and gradually advancing north, which is suitable for the current situation of our Ming Dynasty. We must cut off the rogue bandits as soon as possible, and then take a long-term plan to control the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty. We must not waste any time. .”
Du Yinxi, the Minister of Personnel, felt much the same as Wang Jiayan, and was very dissatisfied with the prince's interference in personnel appointments. But regarding government matters, he had to admire the prince's vision and ability.
It is not something that ordinary people can do to clear out so many moths from the court. Although there are still people in the court who are calculating the gains and losses behind the scenes, the vast majority of officials have expressed support for the prince's various thunderous actions.
This is inseparable from the prince's soft and hard tactics. Everyone from nobles, officials, merchants to ordinary people can benefit from the prince's new policy, which Du Yinxi had to secretly admire.
The prince has no plans to rush for success in border affairs. He only appointed Wang Zaijin as the governor of western Liaoning. For the time being, he has not ordered the Ministry of War to send troops to regain Liaodong at the right time. Such a big and unrealistic move.
The imperial court is currently focusing on organization and compilation of songs, striving to train another 100,000 elites before the end of the year, and they will not be able to show their talents until the spring of next year.
Yaoji also admitted that Feng Quan's flattery was very good, and explained his strategy by the way: "The two dear friends are right, my strategy is to first destroy the internal and external bandits, and then resist the Eastern bandits. When fighting against foreigners, we must first pacify the interior. This is the best policy."
If they didn't stew "Big Zongzi" and the others, let alone braiding their hair, even Zha Ming would have to be tortured and wasted by them within three years.
Unless they die, Zha Ming will never have any hope of ZTE. As long as one of these three, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng, dies within this year, the national situation will definitely change fundamentally.
Things look great now, but that's just the surface. In fact, there are already undercurrents. The "Big Zongzi" plans to rebel during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Huguang area will be raging in war in the second half of the year.
If the situation next year is similar to the first half of this year, it means that the two major commanders have won consecutive battles in the Huguang area, and the main force of the rogue bandits has been severely damaged, and they will no longer be able to cause much trouble.
A certain prince had high hopes for the suppression of the bandits, otherwise he would not have allowed his "right-hand man" to mobilize more than 100,000 troops to suppress the bandits. He must be determined to complete his victory in one battle.
If they are unable to achieve a staged victory in suppressing the bandits this year, when the natural disasters continue next year, the disasters in various places will continue to intensify, and their chances of rallying a team will be greatly increased.
At that time, if the imperial court wants to dispatch officers and troops to suppress the attack, it will have to return to the situation of being passively beaten a few years ago. Therefore, this year is the best opportunity. If it cannot seize it, it will be a complete failure.
Fang Kongzhen, the governor of Huguang, Fang Yizhi's biological father, had repeatedly reported to the court before the incident that he must preemptively suppress the bandits who pretended to join him, but he was ignored by the blame-shifting father.
When Zhang Xianzhong and others rebelled, they were completely unable to suppress them. Not only did they lose the city, they also lost a group of vassal kings, and their millions of wealth were also used as military pay by the bandits. This was the fundamental reason to support their long-term war.
"In order to fight against the outside world, we must first make peace at home! Your Highness has a lot of witty words. He only needs six words to fully demonstrate the current strategy. He is truly a man of great talent and a great strategy. I admire him forever!"
The prince's words condensed the entire imperial court's combat philosophy, and Wu Zong could not help but be amazed when he heard this.
In all dynasties, there is no record of a ten-year-old prince being able to deal with many major events. He was lucky enough to hear and witness them in this life.
