The Battle of Yuan Dynasty was in progress, and the frontline general's specific command was pragmatic and he never interfered deeply, so at this time he could take time to review the two letters sent from the southwest.
Both letters came from Sichuan, one from the governor Song Liangzuo, and the other from the commander-in-chief Liu Wei.
Let’s talk about Song Liangzuo’s letter first. Song Fujun expressed his sincere gratitude to Gao Pangshi at the beginning of his letter. First of all, he thanked Gao Dang, led by Gao pragmatism, for supporting him as the governor of Sichuan and for convincing Chen Dang in court - the person Chen Yiqin left to his son Chen Yubi. Although the group of people is not strong, Sichuan is the home province of their father and son, and they still have a certain say in the court.
Chen Yubi joined Gao Pragmatic during the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, but he was not part of the real core and still retained a certain degree of autonomy. It was not until the ups and downs of life and Chen Yubi became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel with the support of Gao Pragmatic that the two sides really got together.
The officialdom has been controlled by the Gao Party for twenty years. Under such circumstances, Chen Yubi must of course listen to Gao Pragmatic's instructions, otherwise the throne of Tianguan will not be stable at all. So, it's not a problem to be high-minded and pragmatic to get Song Liangzuo to be the governor of Sichuan - the governor of Sichuan cannot be more valuable than the Tianguan.
What's more, under the current situation, if Gao Dang, who controls the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, does not come forward, or does not work hard, who knows what the Bozhou Rebellion will turn into. Bozhou is right under the hinterland of Sichuan. If you just go north and cross the Yangtze River, you can cut off the connection between Chengdu and Chongqing. If it comes to that, the chaos will be huge.
Next, Song Liangzuo began to blame himself and apologize, and roughly explained the reasons for the failure of the previous campaign. He was quite honest in the letter, admitting that he was eager for success and underestimated the strength of Bozhou. He also said that now that he had changed his ways, he would work steadily to completely eliminate the source of chaos in Bozhou, and then he would deal with the matter of reforming the country and returning it to Japan. Gotta be pretty.
Of course, in this statement, it is inevitable to thank Gao Pragmatic again. After all, he, Song Fujun, could continue to do it after such a big mistake. Although Gao Pangshi himself did not stand up to speak for him, the emperor must have held his nose and endured it because of Gao Situ's face and continued to give him a chance. Prove yourself.
Of course Song Fujun understood this. If he didn't thank him, he would be completely unqualified in political quality.
Then Song Fujun began to explain in detail the next battle plan. In fact, there is nothing new in this explanation. It is almost a recitation of the things that Gao Jingshi mentioned to him before. The real meaning is probably just to show Gao Jingshi that Song Fujun is very attentive to greetings, and whatever Da Situ says will be done.
However, Song Fujun also knew that this alone was not enough, so he focused on describing how he would do logistical work as the governor of Sichuan, including coordinating to ensure adequate supplies of food and grass for the various armies to attack, and mobilizing the Sichuan government Ku additionally issued a sum of expropriation money to various ministries-especially Liu Wei's ministry-and so on.
All in all, Song Fujun planned to be completely invisible in military command this time and just be content with logistical support.
This letter was by no means written casually. Song Liangzuo thought carefully before writing this letter, especially after carefully studying Gao Pragmatic's performance in previous wars.
He discovered that a highly pragmatic leader always only focuses on the general strategic direction and rarely interferes with specific commands; he will fully create good combat conditions for his generals, but will never threaten or force the generals to follow his orders in everything - of course. , and he didn’t make specific arrangements.
Song Fujun concluded that Gao Situ's policy was to set goals, ensure logistics, and fully delegate power so that generals could independently command operations under advantageous conditions.
From this, and after contacting Gao Situ that he had already "appointed" the strategy and the "appointed" commander-in-chief, wouldn't the only thing he really needs to worry about next be logistics?
Song Fujun thought about it. In the past, Gao Situ was invincible in all battles, and he had all the final credit. Since no general could surpass him to receive the greatest honor, it should be the same now. As long as he ensures the logistics, no matter how great Liu Wei's contribution is, in the end, the biggest contribution will still belong to him, the governor of Sichuan. In this case, why not let Liu Wei be busy?
Gao pragmatic read the letter and breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was really scared by some civil servants who didn't understand military affairs but always thought they knew it. Now that Song Liangzuo can have this self-knowledge, it is obviously the best ending. In particular, Song Liangzuo specifically stated in the letter that "all armies have been ordered to be controlled by General Liu during wartime", which made Gao pragmatic completely feel at ease.
Professional matters should be left to professional people. This has always been a pragmatic principle, so he put down Song Liangzuo's letter and began to read Liu Wei's letter.
Liu Wei's letter was also a private letter, but he had a close friendship with Gao Pragmatic. Although he was a military general, he spoke much more straightforwardly than Song Liangzuo.
He didn't talk about business at the beginning, but brought up personal matters first. Liu Wei said that he had not seen his father for a long time and hoped that after the battle, Gao Situ could help make arrangements so that he could have the opportunity to fulfill his filial piety. Then he used this to bring up the topic of Liu Xin, testing Gao's pragmatic attitude with words such as "My sister-in-law has been harassing Situ for a long time, and she will eventually feel deeply uneasy."
To be honest, this question left Gao Pragmatic speechless. From his point of view, it is not a problem to take Liu Xin in. From an age point of view, Liu Xin is a mature fruit in the eyes of a "modern person", and regardless of appearance, talent or special characteristics, in his opinion, she is a superior Why should he refuse?
The problem is that Liu Xin cannot convince herself. Although she has already integrated into the Ming Dynasty society, she still maintains the idea of an independent woman and is unwilling to "share" marriage.
Of course Gao Pragmatic also knew that the Liu family had two ideas: of course the best way was to marry the Gao family, even if it was to be a concubine. After all, the Liu family has only been prosperous for two generations, and is not essentially a "general general". Their family status is not high - at least not in front of the Xinzheng Gao family of the Shixue Sect.
In this case, what's the problem with Liu Xin becoming a pragmatic concubine? This is a perfect match. What's more, Liu Xin has been in Gao Mansion for a long time. Although it is not a public appearance to a certain extent, she must have been public for a long time in front of Gao Pangshi.
Under this premise, if you don't marry Gao Pragmatic, can someone else ignore this matter? Even if there is, it must be someone whose family status is far inferior to that of the Liu family, or simply a highly pragmatic servant.
This was the second thought of the Liu family: If it didn't work, they would have to find one of the generals under the Liu family to marry Liu Xin. Of course, this is a real "marriage". This is actually paying for Liu Xin's long-term stay in Gaofu. It is really a last resort. Neither Liu Xian nor Liu Wei would like to see it in their hearts.
In the past, Liu Wei has mentioned this before, but Gao pragmatically rarely answered because if he answered, all the pressure would go to Liu Xin. He didn't want to put such pressure on Liu Xin, so he used his status to take the blame for her.
Although the Liu family and his son were dissatisfied with this, they could not afford to offend Gao Pragmatic in any way, and Gao Pragmatic had always taken great care of their father and son. This matter has been dragged on for many years until now.
Last year, Liu Xian's health began to deteriorate, and Liu Xin stayed for a while after visiting him. But after she returned to Beijing, she didn't say much to Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi himself had a lot of things to be busy with, and he forgot about it when he was busy. Now that Liu Wei has "hinted" him so clearly, I can't help but feel a little headache when I remember that there is still such a thing.
After saying this, Liu Wei mentioned serious matters. Regarding the annihilation of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou, Liu Wei's ideas coincided with the method proposed by Gao Pragmatic before.
According to Liu Wei's judgment, the role of the remaining armies was not to inflict heavy casualties on the Bozhou Army on the battlefield, but to block Bozhou's roads leading to all directions.
In essence, this is to cut off Banshu's connection with the outside world and completely block possible external assistance. As long as this goal is achieved, Bozhou will be the turtle in the urn, and failure is inevitable. It is just a matter of sooner or later.
Liu Wei analyzed that Yang Yinglong or his military advisor Sun Shitai should be able to see this. However, this move was originally a conspiracy, and it was useless for Sun Shitai to see through it, because Bozhou's strength was there, and they could only feel more desperate after seeing through this, and they could not change it at all.
There is a reason for Liu Wei to say this. He said that although the Bozhou Army achieved two consecutive "anti-encirclement and suppression" victories, there was a reason. The most important reason was that the officers and soldiers did not really pay attention to their opponents during the two encirclement and suppression campaigns. I thought I could defeat the Bozhou Army with only 10,000 or 20,000 people.
Liu Wei believes that although the weapons and equipment of the Bozhou Army are relatively backward compared with the official army, the Bozhou Army is similar to the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers. Although its equipment is cheap, it is suitable for local operations.
For example, at that time, the "main battle weapon" used by the wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families in Guangxi was nothing more than bamboo spears. However, even those bamboo spears may be more useful in mountain forest battles than the Yanling knives and muskets of the official army.
Even if they were confronting Annan's Mo family and Zheng family head-on, the power of these bamboo spear soldiers would even frighten the Annan people more than Jinghua's volley array - this is just like in history when the Russians shouted "Ula" and rushed forward. It is almost easier for artillery to clear the ground and defeat the enemy.
The Bozhou Army is similar in nature to the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers, and this is also the case. Coupled with Yang Yinglong's current deception, the Bozhou Soldiers have the idea of defending their homeland, and they are definitely more threatening in close combat.
At the same time, among the remaining armies, officers and soldiers do not account for the majority, and some are even dominated by other chieftains. Their soldiers must be reliable when guarding their own homes, and they can even be sent out to exterminate Japanese pirates. , but if you go to fight other toasts "next door", there is no guarantee that you won't be disappointed, and I'm afraid you won't be very motivated.
Therefore, Liu Wei believed that the other armies should not engage in field battles with the Bozhou Army, but should only advance slowly and build camps ready for defense at any time. In this way, even if the Bozhou Army takes the initiative to attack, they only need to rely on the camp to defend, which can greatly reduce casualties and continue to bleed the Bozhou Army.
If things go on like this...well, it doesn't even have to go on like this, just once or twice, the Bozhou Army will definitely not continue to fight like this. After all, Banzhou has a limited population and cannot withstand such meaningless consumption.
Then, in addition to these armies, there must be a main force to truly defeat the Bozhou Army. Liu Qing firmly believed that he was the main force along the way - of course, he also knew that this was how Gao Pragmatic arranged it.
Liu Wei said that the current strength of the Bozhou Army should not have reached its limit. With the imperial court's encirclement and suppression campaign, the Bozhou Army will definitely continue to recruit people to expand its army, and may eventually have "tens of thousands of thieves." But he thinks this is not terrible, because although the native people are tough, some people who were captured from the mountains and recruited into the army are born good soldiers, but... the seedlings are just seedlings after all, and real good soldiers still need training and actual combat to become them. .
Liu Wei's idea was to not give these newly recruited Bozhou troops training time and actual combat opportunities.
Without giving them time to train, they relied on the army to quickly assemble and immediately form a centripetal siege, forcing Yang Yinglong to be surrounded by enemies on all sides. The troops are sent out, either to counterattack the enemy, or to hold on to the danger... In short, these troops have to be sent out quickly to do things, and there is no time to "spare" in training.
Not giving them a chance to fight actually means that other armies are not fighting with them in the field. As a fierce general who captured the flag at the age of thirteen, Liu Wei has personal experience and detailed observation of a person's growth on the battlefield. He knew that once the recruits won in the field, even if they just followed the veterans to win a downwind battle, their psychological advantages and technical and tactical levels would be greatly improved. By the time they go to the battlefield for the second time, they would be almost a qualified "veteran".
Now that the Boshu Army has the geographical advantage to fight on the inside and the people and advantages to "defend the homeland", the chance of victory in field battles has greatly increased. But if the other armies did not give them a chance to fight in the field and allowed the Bozhou Army to attack forcibly with crude weapons and equipment every time, it would be extremely difficult for the Bozhou Army to win.
In this way, assuming that the recruits lose the first battle and then lose again, the psychological construction of "I am invincible" has obviously failed. From then on, they will fall into self-doubt, and then doubt the prospects of the entire war, and the so-called military morale will naturally fall to the bottom.
As for Liu Wei's own journey, he is confident that there will be no problem at all. Before the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, Gao Pragmatic gradually changed the uniforms of his troops. After the baptism of the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, as he was responsible for frightening Burma, the strength of his troops continued to increase.
Today's Liu Jiajun not only has more personnel than a few years ago, but also has more artillery and muskets. At the same time, the core of hand-to-hand combat "Japanese War Yiding" was also replaced with a new sword and new armor made of Jinghua stainless steel, which greatly improved both its lethality and defensive power.
Of course, the pursuit ability has indeed declined, because the equipment and weapons have become a lot heavier, and they have become a veritable heavy infantry. In battle, an individual soldier can carry nearly 70 kilograms.
Seeing this data, Gao Pragmatic smiled, because his father who served as a soldier in the northwest in his previous life told him that at that time, the soldiers of the Red Dynasty had a saying that "no soldiers, sixty pounds" [note : Maybe it’s just a statement from a certain period. ], and now Liu Wei's elite troops surrendering to the Japanese are somewhat like this.
With such equipment, and the fact that Liu Wei has always attached great importance to the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, he is still very confident in defeating the main force of the Bozhou Army in the field.
However, while expressing confidence, Liu Wei also raised some concerns.
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