I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 218
"The king of Wu raised an incident, and the counties and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River responded one after another, with tens of thousands of soldiers. However, it was destroyed in a year, and the red lotus army fled around without any foundation support. Could it last longer than the king of Wu said?"

Wu Mingda was full of doubts about Zhang Zhixun's judgment.Although she is decisive by nature, she has been familiar with the art of war since she was a child, and is good at military strategy, but she still has a weaker view of the overall situation.

Not to mention Fu Huaichuan Zhang Zhixun's ability to analyze and plan from multiple factors such as military use, terrain, climate, popular sentiment, official governance, and folk customs.

"Honglian is different from King Wu. If King Wu wants to succeed, he must go north, because he knows that separatist control of Jiangnan is a dead end, and his only way out is to go north to Beijing and change the dynasty. The Red Lotus Army is not the case. Their purpose is actually very simple, that is If they can survive, they will not fight head-on with the imperial court. If they can win, they will fight. If they can’t, they will leave. Just like at the end of last year, the Red Lotus Army attacked Jingzhou and Xiangzhou successively. , Supplementing supplies and armaments, dividing the troops into multiple routes, making Cheng Jintang, who has elite soldiers in his hands, tired of coping."

"You are watching the Battle of Shouzhou. King Wu's army besieged Shouzhou for many days and suffered heavy losses, but he still refused to retreat. The reason is that he had to go north. In the end, Fu Jinchuan wiped out his main force in Huainan. I also died of fear"

"So for the Red Lotus Army, you can't treat it with common sense"

After hearing this, Wu Mingda felt that it made sense, and continued to ask: "If you are inferior to your master, how should you use your troops?"

Zhang Zhixun shook his head after hearing this, fanned the folding fan in his hand, and continued to look at the water outside and the trees on both sides of the bank.

"This is not just a matter of using troops. The court wants to quell chaos, the faster it is, the more difficult it will be. If you want to quell Honglian, it is not enough to have famous generals and elite soldiers. You also need capable ministers and officials to clear Chuanchu The officials of the prefectures and counties in the land, the villages and villages are self-defense, and the joint guarantee is implemented. First, the soldiers and supplies of the red lotus are cut off from the root, and then the army is gradually advanced to limit the space for the red lotus army to move and move. Finally, the red lotus The army was trapped and died in the Chuanchu mountain forest"

"But this method takes too long, at least three years or two years, and requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as military strength, and requires a senior official who can manage both the army and the government to coordinate all the armies. and the military and political affairs of the states and counties.”

After hearing this, Wu Mingda glanced at the hanging map again, and his eyes fell on the intersection of Sichuan and Chu in the west of Shannan Road and the south of Jiannan Road.Then he looked towards Hebei and said: "The chaos in Beizhou lasted for three years, and now the court seems to continue to repeat the same mistakes. Could it be that the court has no resourceful people who can take the situation seriously?"

"Naturally, there are people in the imperial court who can see the problem, but the current wealth is insufficient, so it is difficult to support such a strategy to calm the chaos. As everyone knows, haste makes waste. If you want to solve it quickly, it will be futile."

"If this chaos lasts for too long, it will inevitably become a bottomless pit that cannot be filled with huge amounts of money and food. At that time, the imperial court can only increase taxes in order to calm the chaos. However, the government of the imperial court and the states are already corrupt, and local officials will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to increase taxes. If the imperial court wants to add [-]% to their own pockets, they dare to add [-]% or even [-]% to them. Moreover, there are more big families in various places than the government colludes, or there are people in the royal family. The burden of these taxes will eventually fall on the small people. On top of that, people who can’t pay the land tax will sell their land, or become refugees in order to avoid taxes.”

"If things go on like this, people's grievances will boil over. This is cooking oil with a raging fire. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of overthrowing the country. This is also an opportunity for the Yan Palace."

Zhang Zhixun spouted thousands of words, but when he reached the last sentence, Wu Mingda's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Because Bashan Nanshan and other places in the west of Chuxi in southern Sichuan were originally places where refugees gathered, and the land was barren, which is why Honglian Road chose to start riots in these places.

If it was as Zhang Zhixun predicted, the Jin court might really be in turmoil, and even if it could barely maintain it, it would certainly be unable to cut down the feudal clan.

If it can't be maintained, it will be a chaotic situation in the world. Maybe it will really be able to rule the Central Plains by then?

Wu Mingda thought about this, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, it was just a very ordinary smile.

It just so happened that Zhang Zhixun turned his head to look at her, a woman who doesn't like red clothes but prefers to be armed, and thinks about gold and iron horses all day long. , to raise the cold chill.

But he was mesmerized.

He once thought that he would like a gentle and pleasant woman, but the first glance was enough to make him throw away all his previous assumptions.

Like a person, never need to reason, and there is no reason to say.

There are no rules to follow.

Love doesn't know where it started, and it doesn't know where it will end.

On Duxiu Peak in Yanwang Mansion, there is a gazebo. Because it is on the peak, it is very cool when the cool breeze blows in summer.

Wu Renguang, old monk Yao Bingzhong, and military adviser Liu Xun stepped on the bluestone path and climbed Duxiu Peak.

Sitting in the pavilion, both Wu Renguang and Liu Xun were out of breath, only the oldest monk Yao Bingzhong seemed to be walking on flat ground.

"My daughter has been spoiled since she was a child. Now that she has decided on such a big matter as recruiting a son-in-law, she also said that she is a great talent. There is really nothing I can do about her."

Sitting in the pavilion, Wu Renguang began to "complain".

As far away as Liaodong, he had already received letters from his sons and daughters, knowing that his fourth daughter had found a son-in-law.

It is said that he is still a "talent of the world".

Not only the son and daughter said so, but even Chen Jianzhou, who was in charge of Beijing's liaison and intelligence, also commented in the same way.

This has to make him pay attention.

Wu Mingda and Wu Yaoshi might still make mistakes in judging people, but he can still trust Chen Jianzhou's vision.

"It's time to congratulate the prince." Yao Bingkuan said looking at Wu Renguang's slightly smug face.

Wu Renguang smiled and said: "Let's not talk about the congratulations. When Mingda returns to Daning, I have to ask Mr. Yao and Mr. Liu to try the poor quality of Zhang. If it's a straw bag or an embroidered pillow, I won't recognize it." .”

For Yan Wangfu, in fact, there is no shortage of elite soldiers and generals who are good at fighting.

Liaodong has been a bitter and cold place since ancient times, where elite soldiers are born in large numbers, and the folk customs are martial arts.There are also Donghu barbarians with tough nature available.

But planners, ministers of government, but there are no too many.

For such a huge Yanwang Mansion, there are only a few people who can be called the mastermind.

The rest are mediocre people who can handle some common affairs.Only Yao Bingkuan and Liu Xun in front of him could really plan big things with King Yan.

Most of the governors and Biejia of the states in eastern Liaodong were military generals, because there were not so many civil officials and officials.

So he also has a lot of expectations for the "big talent" in the mouth of his children.

Just don't know this great talent.Can you help the big python in Liao to ascend to become a dragon?

(End of this chapter)