Han Wei did not understand Su Haisheng's desire, but he did not support it.
Out of a responsible attitude towards the lives of soldiers, Han Wei believed that he could not launch an attack rashly.
The difficulties of the Shu road have been repeatedly described by predecessors. If you are not sure of victory, you cannot attack Sichuan and Shu.
Especially the opponent's general is a world-famous general who has been famous for a long time.
"Unless it is absolutely necessary, I still don't recommend attacking Sichuan. They have built fortifications for many years. Haven't we probed enough? The fortresses on the mountains and the fortresses on the mountain roads look numb. We really need to attack them. Get up, we don’t know how many troops we will lose.”
"At worst, we'll go to Ziwu Valley again, attack Nanzheng directly, and attack them from behind!"
Su Haisheng clenched his fists.
"What you can think of, he can't think of? If you can't protect it, an army will be ambushed at the mouth of the valley. You will travel a long way there, and they will wait for work. How can you fight?"
"It's not just the Ziwu Valley. The Tangluo Road can also be used, and the Baoxie Road can also be used. There are thousands of roads into Shu, and the current Shu Road is always much easier to walk than during Zhuge Liang's time, right? Let's step on it. There must always be a little courage on the shoulders of our ancestors, otherwise the Shu Road built by our ancestors will be in vain."
"Before you get brave, think about the logistics."
Han Wei patted Su Haisheng on the shoulder: "You like to be fast when using troops, but in the Qinling Mountains, you can't get up quickly, so you must comprehensively consider the logistics issues. Don't bring the army to Hanzhong. If the food is gone, then Let’s see what you do, eat the bark?”
"I will definitely be ready for this!"
Su Haisheng turned around and looked at the complete map of the road to Shu that had been hanging behind him, and said slowly: "I have not stayed in vain these past few years. I have also done some research on the road to Shu. My predecessors have made mistakes. It’s a mistake I won’t make again.”
This is true. Ever since he captured Guanzhong, Su Haisheng knew that his major mission was to capture Shuzhong. In the future, he would be the best choice to go south to attack Song Dynasty.
So while he was training his troops, he sent spies into Shu to draw the topographic map of Shu, and at the same time he studied past military cases of successfully conquering Shu and stepped up his studies.
In the future, when going south to destroy the Song Dynasty, the Ming army will definitely advance in three directions.
The Jianghuai war zone has basically been determined, and the Song army cannot stop the Ming army at all.
The Jinghu War Zone is not difficult to say the least.
The most difficult thing is the Sichuan-Shu War Zone, where the strongest generals and troops of the Southern Song Dynasty are located.
Su Haisheng felt that as one of Su Yonglin's most trusted generals, he should not embarrass him in any case, so he did make a lot of preparations and accumulated a lot of military supplies.
In addition, he also did a lot of things during this period. For example, he was ordered to assist Jiang Liangping, a general he admired very much, in forming the Hexi Corps.
He carefully selected a group of military and political backbones from the Qilu Corps and handed them over to Jiang Liangping. Together with the recruits sent by Su Yonglin from Zhongdu who had just graduated from military academies and political and legal schools, he helped him bring the Hexi Corps' The shelf was put up.
Then Jiang Liangping began to recruit troops in the Xixia Kingdom. He recruited troops openly and openly, regardless of nationality. He not only recruited Han Chinese in Xixia, but also recruited low-level party members to join the Hexi Corps.
The land reform actions of the Renaissance Society in Xixia not only targeted the Han people, but also the lower-level party members, and involved not only agriculture but also animal husbandry.
Therefore, not only Han farmers are taken care of by the preferential land division policy, but also Party farmers, Han people and Party herdsmen are also taken care of by the policy.
Real land was obtained and the tax burden was actually reduced, so the people of Xixia had a great impression of the government actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty.
Then the ruling authorities headed by Zhou Lin carried out targeted propaganda operations against the Xixia Han and Dangxiang people, publicizing the suffering they had suffered and their current happy life.
By organizing them to fight against the landlords, livestock owners and other powerful powerful people who had oppressed them in the past, Zhou Lin's authorities basically controlled the grassroots in the core areas of Xixia.
So the Ming army began to openly recruit new soldiers to join the newly formed Hexi Corps.
The few remaining Xixia officials found it ridiculous to openly recruit soldiers into their own army on a land that was not even nominally their own.
But there was no way. The power of Xixia's financial army was controlled by Zhou Lin's administration and Jiang Liangping's Hexi Corps. Xixia was actually no longer an independent country.
After the grassroots organizations in Hexi and Hetao, the two key population centers, were controlled by the grassroots organizations established by the Ming Dynasty, a few Xixia officials no longer had the ability to restore the country even if they wanted to.
So during the formation of the Hexi Corps, some desperate Xixia officials desperately petitioned the young emperor and the empress dowager to stop such behavior, but it was meaningless.
They were arrested, thrown into prison, and executed at any time.
The Ming Dynasty openly recruited troops to form the Hexi Corps. Before the formation of the Hexi Corps was completed, the main security maintenance force in Xixia was the Shenrui Army of the Qilu Corps.
Su Haisheng not only sent an entire army to help maintain law and order, but also sent people to help select qualified soldiers to enter the Hexi Corps, which can be regarded as a dedicated effort.
Therefore, Jiang Liangping was very grateful to Su Haisheng for his help.
To express his gratitude, he also went to the Shenrui Army from time to time to recruit some of the elite officers and political cadres he knew to serve in the Hexi Corps, persuaded them to leave the Qilu Corps and join the Hexi Corps, and promised them higher pay and positions.
Basically, they are promoted to one level of position, and a few outstanding players are given the benefits of being promoted to two levels.
For this reason, many military officers and political cadres are very moved.
Su Haisheng was very moved by Jiang Liangping's behavior of eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, and then went to the Hexi Corps headquarters many times to stage a real-person spat with Jiang Liangping.
Su Haisheng's saliva was swayed freely, and Jiang Liangping accepted it with a smile, saying that he knew he was wrong, but he would not change it, and if he dared to do it next time, he would not be named Jiang unless the Shenrui Army was bald.
The friendship between superiors and subordinates who once fought side by side seems to be broken. Jiang Liangping has done whatever it takes to gain the upper hand of the Hexi Corps as soon as possible.
Su Hai was very angry.
Fortunately, he followed the main force of the Qilu Corps back to Guanzhong to continue garrisoning, and by the way, he recruited troops in Guanzhong to make up for the missing men and horses due to the campaign and the establishment of the Hexi Corps.
Because of the good reputation of the Ming army and the good treatment of military families, there are many people who want to join the army.
In order to compete for the quota to join the army, the big men in Guanzhong competed fiercely. The competition was so intense that even those without any skills were embarrassed to go to the military camp to sign up.
So basically those who sign up are somewhat capable.
For example, I learned how to ride a horse because I walked through the business.
Because I worked as a nurse for a wealthy family, I know how to use weapons and have some boxing skills.
Some were born as hunters, had good eyesight, and could shoot arrows.
Even if it doesn't work, there are some stunts that are not considered stunts, such as being tall, strong, or powerful.
The entire corps needed to be supplemented by about 6,000 troops, but a full 50,000 people were recruited.
Just roll it up.
In addition, the Qilu Corps also announced the recruitment of civilian personnel for internal military construction, which requires literacy, and preferably some mathematical foundation.
The entry threshold has suddenly been raised, and no one can join.
As a result, the big men in Guanzhong retreated, and grassroots literate people such as accountants and poor scholars rushed in and submitted their resumes to the recruiters.
How many words do you know, what honors have you passed, how many years of experience as an accountant, hard-working and so on.
There are even some fortune tellers who come to apply for jobs under the banner of Taoist sects, and there are many who will tell people on the spot if they don't accept them to join the corps.
Scary.
However, it is worth mentioning that these people obviously know the high treatment and good reputation of the Ming Army and trust the Ming Army, so they hope to join the Qilu Corps and contribute to the construction of the Corps.
This shows that the Ming army's propaganda work was very successful.
After a lot of hard work, this group of people provided a group of high-quality men from Guanzhong for the Qilu Corps.
The addition of this group of high-quality men from Guanzhong has increased the average height and weight of Qilu Corps soldiers, and also increased the literacy rate.
After the Xixia War and Jiang Liangping's shameless poaching, the Qilu Corps was resurrected with full health.
Su Haisheng looked at the high-quality men from Guanzhong who were exhausted from training in the recruit training camp, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided.
In the days that followed, he honestly trained troops in Guanzhong, inspected important border areas, strengthened defenses, and studied how to attack Sichuan and Shu.
And then there's now.
