Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 857 Best Time (Two in One)

Tens of thousands of thieves entered Henan again, Chang Ziyu, who was informed of the news, was very worried about this situation.

He was also afraid that all his land and wealth would be plundered by bandits, so he immediately sent a letter to Chongzhen from the perspective of serving the country and the people.

"There are thieves all over the township, and you can't resist them without a strong army. Now there are only thousands of soldiers from Zuo Liangyu and Chen Yongfu. When will the thieves be wiped out?
The Central Plains is where the safety of the world depends, Your Majesty must not take it lightly. "

Chongzhen thought that what he said was right, and held another meeting. This time, Li Zicheng and others must not be easily let go.

The last time God fed food into Chen Qiyu's mouth, he held his proud neck high and refused to eat, kicking over the assist sent by God abruptly.

This time, Chongzhen absolutely does not allow such things to happen again.

The people Hong Chengchou killed were very ruthless, suitable for this kind of work of strangulation.

Hong Chengchou, who was once again placed high hopes by Chongzhen, led a heavy army to encircle and suppress Gao Li and others who were active in Shaanxi, and sent someone to appease Li Zicheng again, but was rejected.

Seeing that he could not deceive the rebels, Hong Chengchou sent his deputy Zuo Guang to attack Li Zicheng first.

Li Zicheng's men were overstaffed and unable to deal with it in time. They were attacked by the army and lost more than 440 Jingqi, and the rest were not counted.

It can be said that the peasant army under Li Zicheng was powerless to resist the Qin soldiers under Hong Chengchou.

The strategy proposed by He Jinzhao is to echo the situation of Gao Yingxiang and others. They currently do not have the strength to wrestle with Hong Chengchou.

He Jinchao stationed troops in Hequ County, watching the fire from the other side.

"Marshal, the imperial court has sent a secret letter."

When He Jinzhao opened it, he knew that it was sent by Uncle Jingliao and Wu Guojun.

Otherwise, there would not be such detailed news.

"Chongzhen has sent Zhang Quanchang, Cao Wenzhao, Qin Yiming and others to Henan to support, but there are only a thousand soldiers, how can a glass of water save the fire?
Then Zhang Fengyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, transferred [-] from Guanning Iron Cavalry and [-] from Tianjin, which Chongzhen thought was not enough.

The Ministry of War needs to think about it in an all-round way, increase it when it needs to be increased, and save it when it needs to be rescued.

Zhang Fengyi and Hou Xun, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, worked out a prescription.

Transfer [-] soldiers from the west, [-] soldiers from the north, [-] soldiers from the south, and [-] Guanning iron cavalry, led by Uncle Jingliao Wu Guojun, chief soldiers Zhang Waijia, and You Shiwei.

It was also sent out that there were five thousand standard soldiers and three thousand soldiers in Tianjin, led by Xu Laigan.

Three thousand chieftain soldiers from Baifuzi and Luoba were transferred again, led by Chuan general Tan Daxiao, from Kuizhou to Henan via Xunyang.

With a total of 70 troops, 93 horses, and 6000 taels of salary (increased to [-] taels), Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, was ordered to take control and join forces to encircle and suppress.

Chongzhen approved this large-scale troop deployment plan, and worked hard to allocate 20 taels of silver from internal funds.

However, it is limited to sweep and clear up within six months. If there are still remnants of crimes, the governors and towns will impose heavy codes.

In addition, Lu Xiangsheng succeeded Tang Hui as the right deputy capital censor and governor of Huguang, stationed in Xiangfan, and intercepted the bandits.

With the growing momentum of the rogue bandits, the imperial court set up the post of "Prime Minister of the Five Provinces", with Lu Xiangsheng concurrently in charge of the military affairs of the five provinces of Nanzhili, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, and Huguang. "

After Zhang Fuzhen finished reading, he shook his head again and again.

I have to say that my lord's move in doing business with the officers and soldiers was too correct, and he drew all the officers and soldiers into his camp.

Uncle Jingliao and Wu Guojun can only stay on the dark side of the hammer bandits. Once exposed, the Emperor Ming will not let him go.

Similarly, he saw the combat power of the hammer bandits with his own eyes, and he had no chance to get off the ship.

Once Chongzhen's deadline to suppress thieves cannot be realized, any future deadlines will be just lip service.

Zhang Fuzhen is convinced that there is no one who can succeed Hong Chengchou in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The only one with some hope is Lu Xiangsheng, but at this time his military achievements and prestige are insufficient, and Zhang Fuzhen believes that Chongzhen will not dismiss Hong Chengchou easily.

As for the promotion of Lu Xiang to Prime Minister, it is said to share the burden, but in fact it is to check and balance Hong Chengchou, otherwise his power is too great.

Whether the imperial court can win or not is placed later, checks and balances are the most important thing!

From He Jinzhao's point of view, Wu Guojun's sunk cost was too high, and he had to rely on himself to maintain his level as Uncle Jing Liao.

Without his acting agent, he was appointed to be urged by Chongzhen to go to the front line of Liaodong, and his head was screwed off by Huang Taiji.

Look at Wu Guojun directly sending the results of Chongzhen's court discussion to He Jinchao. It can be said that Chongzhen's order will be in his hands in a few days.

The marching route and the deployment of troops are quite different.

Of course, this is specified, but whether the following can be fully implemented is a problem.

But in the future, Chongzhen will use Wu Guojun to deal with the hammer bandits. I am afraid that just as soon as he makes a strategy, he will be able to send it to He Jinzhao.

"My lord, even Wu Guojun was recruited to counter the rebellion. It seems that Chongzhen is very anxious."

Zhang Fuzhen smiled and said: "Hong Chengchou's military and political talents are relatively outstanding.

Compared with Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou has more strategic vision, more combat experience, more prestige among scholar-bureaucrats and generals, and more ruthless killing.

He is also very young, only 42 years old when he became the governor of the five provinces.

It should be said that it was a correct choice for Chongzhen to appoint Hong Chengchou as the supreme commander to deal with us and other rebels.

But without waiting for Hong Chengchou to react too much, the lord ordered Gao Li and others to enter Henan to wreak havoc.

This move was tantamount to touching Chongzhen, which made him mobilize elite soldiers from Shanhaiguan and other areas for the first time in order to completely wipe out the rest of the rebel army. "

"What do you think of this victory or defeat?"

He Jinzhao took away the secret letter from Wu Guojun, picked up the document and asked.

"Hong Chengchou will definitely win, but he won't be able to wipe out the elite old thieves under Gao Li and others."

Zhang Fuzhen followed Hong Chengchou to strangle the bandits in Shaanxi, those rebel leaders who were killed by him were all famous and not powerful.

The only big thief, Wang Jiayin, died at the hands of a bribed confidant, even Cao Wenzhao and others, it was extremely difficult to kill them.

Just looking at the extreme expansion of Li Zicheng's strength, they went from 20 to [-] in a short period of time.

This increase of 16 people, joined by thousands of veterans of the frontier army, is enough for them to laugh.

The rest of the people were just living for nothing. Even if the officers and soldiers killed these thieves, Li Gao and the others' real strength would not be lost at all.

At the beginning of these rioters' uprising, they did not attract the attention of the ruling class of Ming Dynasty, which gave Gao Yingxiang, He Jinchao and others time to expand rapidly and form a larger force.

When the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty felt that the problem of bandits was serious, and because the Jin army attacked the capital, it adopted a strategy of both appeasement and suppression, trying to eliminate them quickly.

Yang He focused on appeasement, while Hong Chengchou focused on suppression, but neither of them succeeded.

The reason for the failure lies in the social contradictions accumulated since Wanli, which cannot be resolved by the Ming Dynasty.

Because it is impossible for them to give up their own interests, cut off their own flesh, and feed back a bunch of assholes.

Yang He's caressing, it is impossible to achieve real caressing, planting farmers, giving cattle seeds, so that they have the joy of life and have no desire to die, so it cannot be carried out at all.

Hong Chengchou's suppression, if the rebel army did not resist, it would be death, and if it resisted, it would be death, so why am I still afraid of his encirclement and suppression?
The rebel army has grown a lot in these years of struggle with the official army.

"Chongzhen wants Hong Chengchou to wipe out the thieves in six months." He Jinzhao said with a smile: "I don't think it's going to happen, let's wait and see."

Zhang Fuzhen also nodded, it was impossible for such an act to work.

It can be said that Chongzhen still didn't take these rebels seriously, thinking that by mobilizing some troops and paying some money, they would be able to calm down quickly.

If this is the case, Chongzhen would not think about it, why did the hammer bandits in Shanxi become so big?
Zhang Fuzhen shook his head again, probably Chongzhen didn't know the real situation in Shanxi at all.

Forget it, he may not even be very clear about the real situation around the capital.

"My lord, Tang Tong sent a message that Hong Chengchou has sent troops to Tongguan, and Shaanxi probably wants to stay with some officers and troops.

Among them should be Yansui General Soldier Wang Chengyin and Ningxia General Soldier He Huchen, which is a bit strange. "

"Strange? He Jinzhao put down the document in his hand:

"What's strange, Hong Chengchou just suspects that Wang Chengyin and He Huchen are in collusion with me. Once Shaanxi falls, Hong Chengchou can blame them."

"What did your lord mean?"

Zhang Fuzhen knew Hong Chengchou well, it was impossible for him to hand over Shaanxi.

If he wanted to deal with the general soldiers under his command, he had plenty of ways to make people unable to find reason.

"Try."

"How to test?"

"If I collude with them, I will definitely maintain the superficial stability. If I don't collude with them, it will just prove their loyalty to Daming with blood."

He Jinzhao stood up, took two steps, and stood in front of the map:
"You just said that Hong Chengchou's strategic vision is unusual.

Based on his cognition, the Qin soldiers under his command must be able to beat Li Gao and other rebels violently.

But we have no chance of winning against us. At least the cannon-casting craftsmen in Yansui and other places have never built cannons.

With his strength, it is obviously unrealistic for two parties to fight. He can only focus on destroying Li Gao and others first.

Even if I went to Shaanxi, what I got was just a barren land that was once again ravaged by Li Gao and others.

This year, the cold wind keeps blowing, and there is no snow yet. It may be another severe drought in summer.

When I sent troops to Shaanxi, not only did I not get effective supplies of money and food, but I also had to spend a lot of money and food to support my own expedition and even settle refugees.

Hong Chengchou will bring his troops back when I have just begun to manage Shaanxi, which cost so much money and food.

Maybe I can eat some off-the-shelf ones, even if I can't eat off-the-shelf ones, I can wait for the opportunity to destroy some of my Hammer Bandits' constructions. "

In short, it is much easier to destroy a place than to build it.

"My lord, since this is the case, Xi'an Prefecture is the wealthiest place in Shaanxi, and it has never been baptized by bandits.

We can attack here, and we are surrounded by branches of King Qin's lineage, most of whom are very wealthy. "

He Jinzhao looked at Xi'an Mansion on the map: "We have to find a way to conquer Tongguan, Wuguan, and Zhulinguan.

With these three barriers in hand, if Hong Chengchou wanted to return to Shaanxi from Henan for rescue, he had to detour to Huguang, go to Hanzhong Mansion, and enter Shaanxi along the route of Li Zicheng and others. "

Zhang Fuzhen looked at the map: "My lord still has to hold the Dasan Pass of Fengxiang Mansion in his hands. With these points in his hands, it will be difficult for Hong Chengchou to lead his army back to Shaanxi."

Baoji (Chencang) and Dasan Pass are the old roads. When Zhuge Liang took this road and met Hao Zhao, he didn’t go through it abruptly. This road is also the best.

The Baoxie Road from Hanzhong to Mei County has gone through wind and rain, and the plank road has been dug for more than a thousand miles to connect the post road.

The Tangluo Road is the fastest and most steep ancient road from Chang'an to Hanzhong. After the Yuan Dynasty, the Tangluo Road was abandoned and blocked.

According to Ming Jiajing's "Hanzhong Fuzhi": "In the north of Yangxian County, there are deep forests and deep valleys, stretching thousands of miles, which is the first obstacle of Liang and Yong.

The most famous one is the Meridian Road, except for Tou Tie, generally no one goes there.

As long as there is a block at the end of Chang'an, you can't get out. If you want to go back the same way, the price is not small.

"That's right." He Jinzhao raised his finger slightly: "If he wants to go back to Shaanxi, he must first march from Henan to attack Shanxi."

Zhang Fuzhen pinched his beard and smiled: "Master, do you want me to guard Jinnan?"

"Well, I will ask Liu Zongmin to cooperate with you, just keep the border."

He Jinzhao nodded. Although Yang Wenyue also expressed his commitment, He Jinzhao was still planning to bring him by his side.

"My lord, don't worry, I will definitely guard the Shanxi border."

Zhang Fuzhen cupped his hands slightly, he was naturally happy with the trust of the lord.

As for the northeast of Shanxi, don't worry, Ma Chengxi of Datong Prefecture doesn't have the guts, and Jiang Xiang is holding him back.

Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, has less than [-] Maoyan soldiers in his hands. He has been waiting and watching, not daring to attack lightly, fearing that his family fortune will be lost. He has been waiting for Uncle Jingliao's support.

If Hong Chengchou got ruthless and directly divided his troops to attack from the borders of Henan and Hebei, it would still cause He Jinchao a headache.

It is necessary to transfer the reserve soldiers guarding Taiyuan, Hequ and other places to resist.

With a large territory, it is inevitable to go to Shaanxi.

"By the way, we need to strengthen the training of the farmers and auxiliary soldiers under the rule."

He Jinzhao paused and said, "We still need to train some auxiliary soldiers who specialize in landmines."

"My lord, what does this mean?"

"Landmine warfare, if you don't see devils, don't pull the strings." He Jinzhao baldly said.

Zhang Fuzhen:?

He Jinzhao pointed to the map of Shanxi and said: "With such a large border, I can't afford oxygen even if I pull 10 soldiers. Why don't we develop farmers and soldiers, ask them to defend, and have someone keep watch and so on.

I will write about it in detail later, and you should deal with it according to this method. When we have not completely digested Shaanxi, the east of Shanxi has to take a defensive position. "

Looking at the huge Shaanxi on the map, Zhang Fuzhen called it a good guy in his heart.

My lord, he wants to devour the entire Northwest and become the real Northwest Hammer King!
"My lord, please let go of your hands and feet. I will definitely go all out and do a good job of guarding. Maybe I can kill Henan and Hebei and force them to come back for help."

He Jinzhao had a smile on his face, but he wasn't in a hurry.

Hong Chengchou has not yet deployed all his troops into Henan, and is always paying attention to the situation in Shanxi.

He Jinzhao is waiting for Gao Yingxiang and others to set fire to Fengyang, the capital of Zhongdu!

Such a slap in the face would surely make Chongzhen lose his mind, and urged Hong Chengchou to go south to suppress the bandits as soon as possible.

In this way, it is the best time for the hammer bandits to enter Qin!
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