Qiming 1158

Chapter 934 Recruiting?

With a strong sense of vigilance, Zhao Yucheng carried Qi Fang and began to perform a new round of soul baptism for the troops gathered in Nanchang to enhance the military's consciousness.

At the same time, through the establishment of peasant associations and the means of distributing land, the farmers' enthusiasm for production has been aroused, and a solid foundation has been laid for this year's spring ploughing.

The more Zhao Yucheng acted, the more he felt that the dual military-government system of the [peasant army-peasant association] was too efficient.

Apart from the boring intermediate links, it is very efficient to order directly to the grassroots units and execute them directly.

In some places, there are many people, so a higher-level organization of the township and peasant association is set up. In some places, there are few people, and the village and peasant association will directly coordinate the affairs, immediately order, execute immediately, and report immediately. Reported quickly, worked well.

So how did Su Yonglin develop so quickly back then?
At the beginning, Zhao Yucheng didn't understand, but now that he has started it himself, he understands how this set of processes works.

The main reason was that the Southern Song Dynasty oppressed these peasants too harshly. Zhao Yucheng just abolished some unreasonable exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The agricultural taxes needed because of the war factor were still relatively high, but they also won the firm support of the peasants.

The army fought in the front, and they carried provisions in the back.

When it was cold, they knitted thick clothes for the army to keep warm under the organization of the peasant association.

When the peasant army fought against the Song army, there were basically no restrictions due to logistical problems. Compared with the situation of the Song army, it was much better.

This system is very suitable for this state of war. It can quickly complete war mobilization, and even Zhao Yucheng, who has recently started to study history, feels that it is a bit similar to the Qin State's ploughing and war military merit system during the Warring States Period.

However, the two cannot be confused, and it can only be said that some of the effects are equivalent, because Zhao Yucheng is not planning to comprehensively restrict the personal freedom of the peasants, and forcefully exploit them, nor does he intend to force all the peasants to join the army and engage in general warfare.

After all, what he took away was the minority, and what he left to the peasants was the majority.

The peasants also do not have such a high level of political consciousness. They mainly look at their interests. They are not stupid. They can make comparisons and vote with their feet. is the obvious result.

On the first day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Hongwu, he gave the entire army a day off to rest, eat something delicious, and celebrate the New Year.

Then, starting from the second day of the first lunar month, the whole army began a normal schedule of military training and cultural study, and it would not stop.

At the same time, Zhao Yucheng actively sent people to investigate the movements of the Song army in the direction of Ezhou, and was always alert to the possible attack of the Song army again.

There is no doubt that if Song Jun is to come again, he will fight with him to the end without hesitation and do his best.

At the beginning of February in the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhao Yucheng was arranging for spring ploughing in the coming year, but suddenly he learned of military intelligence, saying that tens of thousands of Song troops were stationed in Wuchang County with unscrupulous intentions.

At the same time, news from the Skynet Army was also delivered on time, saying that Song Emperor Zhao Wei ordered Song Chuanshu general Yao Zhong to lead 4 troops to Wuchang County, preparing to attack the peasant army again.

Zhao Yucheng instantly became nervous.

He immediately ordered the four divisions of the entire peasant army that had just been reorganized to report the news to the entire army, so that everyone could quickly prepare for war.

War could break out again anytime, anywhere.

The entire Jiangnan West Road peasant army area needs to be mobilized for war immediately, and the army must enter the first-level combat readiness.

Although I am very unwilling, this year's spring ploughing task will obviously be affected, which is very bad.

However, just when Zhao Yucheng ordered war mobilization and was worried about the future development, he got a huge piece of good news.

Because of the large-scale military exercises of the Henan Corps of the Ming Dynasty on the border, the court of the Southern Song Dynasty urgently ordered Yao Zhong to lead the main force of the army north to Xiangyang as a precaution, and immediately sent people to Kaifeng to negotiate and seek the reasons for the large-scale military exercises of the Ming army.

So this crusade ended without a hitch.

Zhao Yucheng is safe.

Zhao Yucheng was overjoyed, and before he could take the initiative to ask what was the reason, the Skynet Army sent the news.

Because the Southern Song Dynasty court was very chaotic, they could easily "inquire" about the strategic action target and launch method of the Southern Song Dynasty this time, and immediately sent the news to the Central Capital after finding out the specific information.

Su Yonglin from the Central Capital also responded quickly and ordered Zhang Yuejing, the commander of the Henan Corps, to immediately mobilize the frontier troops of the Henan Corps to carry out a large-scale military exercise, in order to attract the movements of the Song army, trying to help the peasant army to attract a little of the Song army. The strength of the army can be considered to relieve some pressure.

But they didn't expect Zhao Tan to be so afraid of the Ming army. The Ming army just moved a little, and he directly asked Yao Zhong to take the main army to Xiangyang for defense, and directly gave up the invasion of Nanchang.

What else can Zhao Yucheng do?

Of course it was ecstasy.

Once again, he felt that hugging the thighs was so beautiful, the thighs were so thick, and a slight movement would make the Song people terrified and gave up the crusade.

Therefore, during this period of time, he can quickly lick his wounds, regain his strength, and strengthen his training. After the most difficult time has passed, Nan Song will not want to embarrass him again.

Zhao Tan couldn't feel Zhao Yucheng's joy, he could only feel a strong panic.

The sudden change of the Ming army made him overwhelmed and worried. He wondered if the Ming army planned to attack him again.

If the Ming army went south at this time, wouldn't it mean to kill him?
And isn't the Ming Dynasty overhauling the Yellow River?Isn't it annexing Xixia?So much energy out there to go to war again?
Can't they just stop and stop?

Zhao Tan was angry and scared again, feeling isolated and helpless, and didn't know what to do.

It was not until mid-February that Zhao Tan got the news that the explanation given by the country was a routine training, and did not mean to go to the south to invade. The Southern Song Dynasty was a vassal of Daming.

Zhang Yuejing, the commander-in-chief of the Henan Corps, also smiled and patted Lu You, the envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty, on the shoulder, telling him not to worry, but to go back to work.

"I heard that the Southern Dynasty is experiencing civil strife, I hope you will calm down the civil strife as soon as possible."

Zhang Yuejing's expression seemed normal at first glance when he said this, but Lu You always felt that Zhang Yuejing's expression was full of malice.

Is it my delusion?

Lu You didn't know.

After Lu You returned to the DPRK, he told Zhao Tan the news. Zhao Tan felt a little more at ease, but when he asked Xiangyang again, he learned that the Ming army was still performing martial arts, and the entire army was in a state of wartime.

If you want to attack, if nothing else, even if there is no large-scale logistics, it is not difficult to attack Xiangyang directly.

For the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang was the northern barrier of the Jinghu Theater. Once Xiangyang was lost, it would mean that the gate of the Jinghu Theater would be opened, and the Ming army would be able to drive straight in. The Jinghu Theater would instantly fall into a terrifying situation, and the Southern Song Dynasty was very likely to be cut in two.

Therefore, as long as the Ming army does not stop large-scale military exercises, the combat readiness of the Xiangyang area cannot be relaxed.

As for Zhang Yuejing?
Zhao Tan, who was attacked by soldiers twice, couldn't believe it.

Therefore, he could never order Yao Zhong to lead the army back to destroy the peasant army on Jiangnan West Road.

He was so anxious that he was afraid that something would happen to Jiangnan West Road again, so that he would face the enemy on both sides and it would be very difficult.

Faced with such a situation, Ye Yiwen, Zhou Linzhi, Shen Gai and other high-ranking officials were helpless, and Zhao Kan regretted killing Zhang Jun and Shi Hao who had provided him with many effective suggestions.

But the two were already dead, and it was useless for him to regret it.

A group of senior officials worked together, and the final solution was to try to recruit the peasant army of Jiangnan West Road.

They tried to win over them with high-ranking officials and great wealth, and asked them to surrender directly and stop fighting. In this way, they could also use their good military strength to strengthen the national defense of the Southern Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)