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Chapter 22: Care is more difficult than suppression

"We... don't... the rogue bandits don't have much food and grass now. The army is demoralized and people are escaping every day. Jianyang City can't even be attacked. It's snowing. Many rogue bandits don't even have a place to shelter from the wind and snow. They are lying in the ice and snow.

, I guess I will get a lot of frostbite today." Zhang Liwei answered truthfully.

His answer was similar to what Yue Su expected. How much food did the bandits have? It was good to be able to persist until now. Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, this snow will almost completely destroy the confidence of the bandits. If this Wang Jiayin's

The head is confirmed to be true. When the bandit leader is found, he immediately launches an attack. It is estimated that the bandit can be completely defeated in one battle.

After a while, Zhu Xieyuan hurried over, holding the shadow drawing in his hand. Yue Su asked him to check Wang Jiayin's head. After comparing the two faces, he immediately confirmed the mistake. Yue Su was overjoyed and immediately ordered, "Come here."

Man, take the two of them down to rest, and each will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold." After saying that, he looked at the kneeling Zhang Liwei and Wang Guozhong, and said: "Your official positions will be completed after this battle.

It will be honored. Recommend it to the imperial court and state your merits. The post of deputy general is indispensable."

"Thank you, sir." After hearing Yue Su's words, Zhang Liwei and Wang Guozhong were very happy and kept kowtowing to Yue Su.

Yue Su had no time to pay attention to the two of them anymore and asked the soldiers to take them down. Following the order, the generals of each army went to the Chinese army's tent to discuss matters.

He came to the Chinese army tent and sat down. After a while, all the generals came together and stood on both sides. Yue Su picked up Wang Jiayin's head and said loudly: "The leader of the bandits, Wang Jiayin, has his head here. Now the enemy chief is dead.

This is a great opportunity for us to wipe out the rogue bandits in one fell swoop. The governor has ordered the entire army to set off to attack the rogue bandit camp. Who is willing to be the vanguard?"

"The last general is willing to go!" "The last general is willing to be a pioneer!"...

As soon as Yue Su finished speaking, the generals under Yue Su were scrambling to be the first. Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, Li Haoquan, and Hu Zi were the first to jump out, for fear that they would not be able to get a job. Not to mention them, even those in Chengdu City

Some of the generals have now stepped forward, such as the Chengdu garrison, the generals who originally guarded Mianzhu Pass, and the Sichuan deputy generals, who are all vying for the first place. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make meritorious deeds. The leader of the rogue bandits has been killed, and the morale of the army has been weakened. There is no way to go at this time.

When are you going to grab the credit? Military generals are promoted because of their meritorious service in battles. Seeing that there is a vacancy in the general army of Sichuan, if they have made great achievements in this battle, promotion is inevitable.

Master Yue also understood their thoughts. It was impossible for Yue Su to let all his men take this credit. Everyone should share one share. So, Yue Su loudly said: "Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, Pei Huzi, listen to the order

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"The General is here!" The four of them were very excited when they heard the first one calling themselves. Their voices were raised so high, especially Hu Zi's, that thunderous voice made people's eardrums shake.

"I will order you to be the vanguard of four people, with five hundred cavalry and one thousand infantry, to charge directly at the camp of the rogue bandits, kill the generals and seize the flag!" Yue Su ordered loudly.

"General, take the order!" Jin Chan stepped forward to receive the order arrow, and then the four of them immediately came out of the tent and ordered their troops and horses.

"Li Haoran, Li Haoquan, Zhao Deng, and Qin Shaolong obey orders!"

Zhao Deng was from the Chengdu garrison, and Qin Shaolong was the former sub-garrison general at Mianzhu Pass. When these four men heard that they were called, they immediately came out.

"I order the four of you to serve as the central army and lead 3,000 troops. After the vanguard troops leave the city, they will follow them!"

"General, take the order!" Qin Shaolong took the order arrow, and the four of them came out to order their troops and horses.

"Tong Zhou, Su Peng listens to the order!"

"The last general is here!" Su Peng is the deputy general of Sichuan.

"Order the two of you to join forces at the rear and lead an army of two thousand to support them from behind. If the rogue bandits are strong, they will support the retreat of the troops in front. If the rogue bandits are vulnerable and have been dispersed, then join the battle group!"

"The general received the order!" Su Peng received the order arrow and went with Tong Zhou to mobilize the troops.

Yue Su sent out 6,500 soldiers one after another, and the remaining troops were responsible for guarding the city in case of unexpected events. Regardless of the soldiers and horses sent out, they were not even a fraction of the rogue bandits. At that time, there were not more people than there were in the war.

If there are more people, which side will win, and you won't know until there is a fight. Otherwise, why are the two sides fighting? Just count the number of people and decide the winner.

A large number of people has an advantage, but there are countless examples in history of battles in which a small number defeated a large number. For example, in the Battle of Chibi, Soochow's 30,000 troops defeated Cao Cao's million-strong army. Comparing the rogue bandits with Cao Cao's army is simply an insult to Cao's army. The rogue bandits

That is to say, there seem to be many people, but not many can be defeated, but some are just trying to make up the numbers. If we attack at this time, we will probably collapse at the first touch.

This is indeed the case. Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, and Hu Zi led the vanguard of 1,500 troops, roared out of the city, and headed straight for Jianyang. The speed of the 500 cavalry was of course faster, but it was too few.

Only by maintaining consistency, the speed was reduced. But as a vanguard, naturally they could not let the soldiers and horses behind them catch up, so they hurried on. At dusk, the soldiers and horses came to Jianyang, and at a glance, they could see the camp of the rogue bandits.

The news of Wang Jiayin's death has spread throughout the rogue camp. All the rogues are panicking at this time and don't know what to do. Should they fight or disperse? No one knows what to do. At this time, the officers and soldiers arrived, suspicious

is the most favorable time,

Huzi took the lead and charged into the camp of the rogue bandits while dancing with his sword and closing the door. There were a few people who did not know how to die earlier and tried to stop them, but they were swept by Huzi with his knife and his head was immediately missing. The officers and soldiers behind him rushed forward again.

, the rogue bandits here were immediately in chaos. The morale of the army was already in turmoil, not to mention now, crying for father and mother, running around, and the whole rogue camp was in chaos.

Qin Liangyu and Wu Rumeng, who were guarding Jianyang City, saw this scene and were sure that Yue Su's reinforcements had arrived. So what are they waiting for? They could just fight together from inside and outside. However, Qin Liangyu did not make a desperate move, but sent two thousand people to conduct a tentative attack.

As soon as the white-armed soldiers were dispatched, the rogues had no intention of fighting. When they saw another officer and soldier killing them, they immediately turned around and fled elsewhere. For a time, the entire rogue camp was in chaos, and no one cared about anyone else, scrambling to escape.

, trampling on each other, and being trampled to death by their own people, there are countless people.

After a while, three thousand Chinese troops led by Li Haoran, Qin Shaolong and others arrived. As soon as this new force arrived, the rogue bandits were gone. Apart from fleeing in all directions, there was no resistance at all.

Qin Liangyu also saw the signs. This was the time to beat the drowned dog, so he ordered the entire army to dispatch. The remaining three thousand white-armed soldiers rushed out of the county and pounced on the rogue bandits.

Completely collapsed, when Tong Zhou and others led Houhe's officers and soldiers to attack, there was no need to think about the response at all, all they had to do was follow and kill the bandits.

Although the scene of this battle can be called earth-shattering, the situation is completely one-sided. One side is running for one's life in a hurry, while the other side is in hot pursuit. Rogue bandits are rogue bandits, and they will be vulnerable to a slight setback. Ten thousand people are chasing a few people.

One hundred thousand people ran, and those who fled were like scurrying rats with their heads in their arms, while those who were chasing after them were like wolves and tigers.

Now it is certain that the suppression of bandits in central Sichuan ended with Mr. Yue and the imperial court. At that time, another problem was immediately faced by Mr. Yue. There were so many bandits, most of whom were innocent people, and they could not be killed. After the suppression,

, it is necessary to appease. To appease so many people, it is not just words. They need money and food. Otherwise, how will these people live without food? Maybe within two days, they will start to make trouble again.

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He asked the court for silver. Master Yue then drafted a good news and sent it to Beijing, and asked the court for two million taels of silver to appease the people. Two million taels of silver, compared with what Master Yue had obtained in Hangzhou,

It should be nothing.

In addition to appeasement, it is also easier to eliminate the remaining evildoers. This matter is relatively easy to do. The leaders of the bandits only know how to run around and wait for the reinforcements from Hong Chengchou to arrive, and they will be finished soon.

But Mr. Yue can't wait any longer. The Chinese New Year will be here soon. It would be best if the refugees can have enough to eat during the Chinese New Year. But after being trapped in the city for so many days, even the people in the city are almost gone.

They can afford it, let alone the refugees. Just because it is winter, the autumn harvest has just passed, and many people still have food, Chengdu has not collapsed. Getting food is the key, even if the court's money is sent, it will not

We have to buy grain to appease the people. Isn't it a bit late to wait until the money comes to buy it? It's better to start now.

When thinking about buying grain, Yue Su couldn't help but think of his father-in-law. He exiled his father-in-law to Yunnan. Although the Li family was rich and the Duke of Guizhou was taking care of him in Yunnan, his life was no different from before.

But after all, there is a estrangement between the Li family. At the moment, they need to purchase a large amount of grain and seeds for next spring planting. Although there are some merchants here in Chengdu, no one is willing to do business with the imperial court where they provide goods first and money later.

Yue Su found several companies and offered to borrow them first, but was politely rejected. Everyone knows that doing business with the imperial court is not very safe these days. Unless the money and goods are cleared, you must not do it. Even if you, Mr. Yue, do it,

No matter how famous the name is, this business cannot be done.

Lord Yue had no choice but to go to the Li family. Li Wenwen was in Yunnan and Li Yuanchen was in Huguang. If possible, it would be best to send the grain directly. Yue Su wrote a letter in his own hand, asking Li Zhong

Take the water route and send it to Wuchang and give it to Li Yuanchen. Regardless of whether he agrees or not, let's talk first. Yue Su believes that Li Yuanchen will agree.

When Li Zhong arrived in Wuchang, he went to Li's house to ask for an audience and revealed his identity. The people in the house told him directly that our young master was not in Huguang, but in Yunnan, accompanying our master. If you want to find him, please go to Yunnan.

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Seeing the other party's answer, Li Zhong's letter could not be delivered. He could not divert to Yunnan. He had to return to Sichuan first.

After Li Zhong left, the concierge ran to the back house, stopped in front of a room, and knocked on the door respectfully twice.

"Who is it?" A voice came from inside the room, and the person speaking was actually Li Yuanchen.

"It's me, Li Shao," the concierge replied.

"What's going on?" Li Yuanchen asked in the room.

"My uncle sent someone here. According to the young master's instructions, I said that the young master was not at home and went to Yunnan, so I sent him away." Li Shao, the porter, said in a low voice.

"I know, go down." Li Yuanchen said.

"Yes, Master."

This is Li Yuanchen's study. There are two people living in the house, a man and a woman. The man is Li Yuanchen and the woman is his wife Bi Yunjuan.

Hearing Li Shao's departure, Bi Yunjuan said puzzledly: "Husband, since my brother-in-law sent someone to ask for a meeting, why didn't you see me? Instead, you said that you were going to Yunnan."

"Yunjuan, you don't know that our brother-in-law is treated as a fire brigade by the imperial court, and he is sent wherever there is a fire. He does his duty wholeheartedly and has no complaints. Now that he has returned to Sichuan as the governor, I have already predicted that Sichuan's

The bandits will not be his opponents and will be wiped out by then. But after the war is over, all that is left is to appease the refugees. To appease the refugees requires money and food. Money may be easy to say, but food is in short supply.

How much food are needed for one hundred thousand refugees? This needs to last until next autumn's harvest. Today's merchants are unwilling to do business with the imperial court. They only have one hand of money and one hand of goods. That's about the same. Our brother-in-law probably wants to buy goods first and then money to appease the refugees.

For the Lord. No one from other families can do it, so he can only find our family, but my father is still in exile in Yunnan. He arranged this himself. If we don’t give our family an explanation, our Li family will not be able to do it. He will attack us as soon as possible.

They are just going to be playthings. Our Li family is not like the Queen Mother and Yue Su up there. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer." Li Yuanchen calmly told the whole story. Moreover, this guy saw it more thoroughly than anyone else.

"Husband, what you mean is that you will no longer help your brother-in-law." Bi Yunjuan said carefully.

"Whether you want to help or not depends on what he does. My sister is now pregnant and living in Yunmeng County, Yue Su's hometown. For the sake of my future nephew and my sister, I will help him. That's all.

, it all depends on what Yue Su does. If the Li family wants to be respected, even if it gives him hundreds of thousands of shi of food for free, it won't be a big deal. If he still has the same temper as before, I, as the brother-in-law, won't be able to help him.

He. If my father knew about this, he would probably agree with my approach." Li Yuanchen said with a smile.

Li Zhong traveled day and night to Wuchang. In order to make time, there were people rowing on the boat, so the speed was very fast. It only took five days to arrive. He missed it here and didn't even stop.

I immediately took the boat back. The round trip took less than half a month.

But when he returned to Chengdu, it was already the first day of the Lunar New Year. Outside the city of Chengdu, there were reed sheds and a porridge shop. There were about 40,000 to 50,000 refugees gathered outside the city. People like Li Zhong and Kong Ren,

Finally, they arrived at the city gate and asked Guan to enter the city. Master Yue was on the city. After they entered, he immediately asked them to come up and talk.

Li Zhong almost cried when he saw Yue Su. Mr. Yue was only in his early thirties. When he was ordered to go to Wuchang, everything was normal. But now, Mr. Yue's temples turned out to be...

Added a lot of gray hair.

It is not an easy task to appease so many refugees. Yue Su basically thought of all the ways he could think of and squeezed out some food to appease the refugees. The prefectures and counties around Chengdu are now setting up porridge stations to appease the refugees.

, but everyone knows that it can’t last for a few days.

If you serve as an official and benefit one side, you must do something in your position. Even if you are a reborn person, he does not belong to this era, but he wants to do his best, work hard, and do something for the people of this side. Fighting is easy,

At that time, it was difficult to recruit people. Why were the generals in the late Ming Dynasty able to suppress the bandits again and again, but not long after, more bandits appeared? That was because there was no food and the people could not survive, so they had to come out to rob.

In order to make them feel at ease, they must be able to fill their stomachs. In order to be busy with these tasks, Mr. Yue has not slept much since Li Zhong left. In addition, there is another headache for Mr. Yue. That

Just six days ago, news came that the Tatars had entered the country!
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