please make me king

Chapter 1152 The big plan

Zhang Shun didn't know that Mrs. Hong outside the pass was now sharpening her sword, ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then take the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

I also don't know that in Beijing's Shuntian Mansion, someone actually uttered wild words, planning to have another "Ji Si Change".

What's more, Chongzhen's brain suddenly opened up, and he was going to mobilize Zuo Zhuguo, Shaoshi, Minister of the Ministry of War, governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Huguang, Guangxi military affairs and Guizhou governor Zhu Kuiyuan to Beijing to deal with the rebels who had been entrenched in Shaanxi and western Henan for a long time .

But Zhang Shun knew that if he had food in his hands, he would not panic; if he had soldiers in his hands, the world could be settled.

Therefore, the strategy of "explosive troops in one wave" was initially formulated on that day.

"Yiboliu" is Zhang Shun's classic style of play in ancient real-time strategy games such as "Warcraft" and "StarCraft" in his previous life.

The basic idea is to invest all resources in one or several very cost-effective units in the early stage of one's own strength, and defeat the opponent's style of play in one fell swoop while the opponent is not yet fully developed.

Its basic feature is "all or nothing, life or death", that is to say, as long as the opponent can withstand the "one wave" of attacks, then everything is over.

However, the key is how to withstand it?
Due to the limitations of materials and soldiers replenishment, transportation, and information transmission in this era, the speed of organizing battles between the two sides was very slow.

Since Zhang Shun raised his troops, both the enemy and the enemy have generally followed the basic principles of "mobilize preparation personnel and materials, detect the enemy's movements, test and confront each other, the final decisive battle, the loser withdraws from the battlefield, regroups, and the winner cleans up the mess and digests the gains". model.

Previously, Zhang Shun personally commanded the battle of Zhangde Mansion, the two battles of defending Luoyang, the battle of the Southern Expedition, and the capture of Shaanxi, basically without exception.

However, this time, when Chief of Staff Hong Chengchou unexpectedly calculated that the number of rebels had skyrocketed to [-], Zhang Shun suddenly dug out this ancient "one wave" tactics from the corner of his memory.

That's right, since it can be a wave, why delay it until the later stage?

Long nights and many dreams, who knows how the world will change after a few years?
Only those who eat it are their own, and only Da Ming and Hou Jin who have been wiped out are harmless opponents.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help saying to Hong Chengchou, Chief of Staff: "Immediately organize manpower for this king, coordinate Zhang Dudu, Wang Zheng, Lu Weiqi, Zhang Shenyan, Song Xiance, and Li Zicheng to formulate a campaign plan."

"Including materials, personnel, equipment, horses, mules, cattle and other livestock needed by the [-]-strong army, the amount of labor that needs to be mobilized and requisitioned, please draw up a detailed charter for me."

"The bottom line is to seize Taiyuan and Kaifeng as a defensive barrier; the second is to take Shanxi entirely, with Xuandaduan Houjin Zuoyi in the north and Taihang in the east to defend the northern Zhili thieves."

"The best result is to capture Shanxi and Beizhi, and occupy the nine border defense lines to reject Houjin. However, the rebel army must be prepared to fight the main force of Houjin."

"The enemy is expected to be lenient. The 'main force' is first calculated based on the number of [-] troops. The quality of the soldiers is better than that of the Lighting Army to plan strategic decisive battles."

"This..." Hong Chengchou muttered to himself while writing furiously.

Other than his reason, Zhang Shun's so-called "one wave" is just a hothead.

But after careful consideration of his words, it is clearly the result of deliberation and deliberation.

First, what is the minimum objective of this campaign?
It is to seize Taiyuan and Kaifeng.

If the rebels can capture these two places and stick to them, they will be able to form a strong northeastern defense line with Yulin Town.

As long as these three points can be defended, no matter who the enemy is, they will not be able to threaten the prosperity of Guanzhong, Hedong and Heluo controlled by the rebel army.

In particular, there is only one Pingyang Mansion in Hedong, with a population of [-] households and an annual grain payment of [-] million shi, second only to Suzhou Mansion with an annual grain payment of [-] million shi, ranking second in the country.

If the rebel army can stabilize these three places, and its taxes are enough to raise [-] soldiers, it is not yet determined who will belong to the world at that time!

It's just that there is a small problem here, who is the opponent judged by King Shun?

Second, what was the general objective of the campaign?
Shanxi is taken entirely, and Xuanda is located in the north.

Xuanda is the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong. It is located in the northwest of Shuntianfu in Beijing and is the gateway to the capital.

The place where the Tumu Fortress Change took place, the Tumu Fortress was in Huailaiwei, Xuanfu Town, so its strategic position is known.

In fact, if we talk about it carefully, Xuanda lost, and the gate of Beijing was opened. If there is no King Qin's reinforcements, the fall of the capital is just around the corner.

But this alone shows what King Shun is thinking.

It's just that, in addition to this, there is also the "left wing of gold after breaking" and so on. Hong Chengchou didn't understand that Zhang Shun clearly regarded Hou Jin, who was far away in Liaodong, as his opponent for the world.

Finally, what is the overarching goal of this campaign?
Seize Shanxi and Beizhi, and occupy all nine sides to reject later gold.

As you can see, here Zhang Shun has completely revealed that his target is Houjin in Liaodong without any scruples.

He even specifically mentioned that if Hou Jin wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot, the rebel army would launch a strategic decisive battle with Hou Jin.

I have to say that Zhang Shun's plan is too huge and too bold.

But the strategic goal is divided into three levels and one preparation, and the money, food and materials used are astronomical.

"His Royal Highness King Shun?" Chief of Staff Hong Chengchou was a little frightened by Zhang Shun's grand plan, and after a while he said in a low voice, "There are too many war goals, and this plan is difficult to formulate!"

"There are not many goals, just one to seize Shanxi and Beizhi, and occupy all nine sides to reject future gold, and the other goals are to retreat to the next best thing!" Zhang Shun shook his head and said.

"First make a main plan based on this, and then make a sub-plan based on this, or call it a backup plan!"

"Then the officers and soldiers in Huguang and Sichuan, should we just ignore them?" Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, then asked again.

"It doesn't matter, Nanyang has Zhennan General Xiao Qinhu and military Niu Jinxing in charge. He is allowed to reward Guo Sanhai, Liu Hongqi, Shen Wandeng, and Yang Si, and try his best to defend Nanyang. If it is impossible, retreating to Ruzhou is also possible." Zhang Shun shook his head and said. .

"As for the affairs of Shaanxi, Chen Changzhu and Lu Weiqi, generals of Zhenxi, will be fully responsible in the future, and the top priority is to stabilize the situation in Shaanxi."

"For an army of [-], a man's solar eclipse is one catty, the moon's eclipse is [-] shi, and the year's eclipse is [-] shi! Among them, cattle and horses, fodder and transportation losses are not enough to feed the sergeants." Hong Chengchou hesitated when he heard the words.

"Among them, the expenditure on military pay is even more huge. The monthly salary is one shi, and the annual salary is [-] shi. If you add double pay, transportation loss, etc., three million is not enough."

"Calculated together, if there are not four million stones, I am afraid it will be difficult to mobilize the army."

Are you kidding me, four million stones?

Such a large Grand Canal only transports four million shi of grain to the capital a year.

With the help of Cheng Jia, a salt merchant from the Huaihe River, the rebel army traveled the waterways of the Yangtze River, the Han River, the Huaihe River, the Yingshui River, and the Yellow River. With great difficulty, they managed to accumulate three million stones. Now you tell me that the military pay and food for the army need four hundred dollars a year. Wanshi?
"Let's do this!" Zhang Shun frowned and suggested, "Let Wang Zheng make a trial payment ticket and try it out in the army."

"That is to say, in order to prevent the officials from going up and down and withholding food and pay, this king specially issued payment tickets to pay for the army."

"Soldiers can go directly to the rebel granaries and grain stores to pay with the ticket, and no one can refuse for any reason."

"What's the use of this?" Hong Chengchou was a little dazed, his left hand turned his right hand, it didn't help!
"Why not? The sergeants and their families, after they first received their paychecks, they will definitely withdraw them immediately, for fear of being deceived." Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile.

"If you can withdraw normally every time, your credit will get worse and worse over time. There must be someone who delays the withdrawal for the sake of saving trouble, or not urgently, or for other reasons."

"In this way, wouldn't it save a lot of food and grass? This is one of them."

"Secondly, it is more than a thousand miles to transport grain from Shaanxi to Beizhi and Jingshi. How much is the loss in the middle?"

"And the soldiers are in the barracks, even if they get paid monthly, how can they carry it?"

"This way, back and forth, I don't know how much time wasted along the way."

"Since this is the case, why don't you issue easy-to-carry rate stamps, or carry them with your family members, or carry them yourself, wouldn't it save a lot?"

"Do the soldiers believe this?" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but wonder.

"If it's someone else, they won't believe it. If it's my king, they should be safe!" Zhang Shun said with a slight smile.

Do you think that this king has been suffering for so many years and has cultivated a good reputation of honesty and trustworthiness? It is simply a noble character?

Wrong, this is called giving up small profits to gain righteousness.

With this, this king can call the wind and rain, and touch stones into gold.

This is the cornerstone of issuing credit currency in the future!
(End of this chapter)