Chapter five hundred and nineteenth bandits - scabies disease
The update this month will not be too stable, so I would like to apologize to my friends. I can still bear the impact of the new crown, but I have a low-grade fever and aches all over my body. But my father is more serious. I have to take care of him, and I can't sleep well during the day and night.
, and I can’t code many words. I just hope that my family and friends are well.
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Dongjiang Town launched a decisive battle after the autumn harvest, hoping to live up to the emperor's kindness and complete the great cause of pacifying Liao and exterminating the captives ahead of schedule. The news gradually spread in Liaodong, the Central Plains, and Jiangnan.
"Since the victory of Zunhua last year, Dongjiang Town has successively rebuilt its captives and regained its lost territory. It has taken a clear advantage. The imperial court has given strong support and the first battle against Liao Dynasty has great hope."
"Although Dongjiang Town has an advantage, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and a hasty battle may not be advisable. I hope we will not repeat the mistakes of Yuan Manzi, who will die before winning a big victory!"
"Now that they have made a big fanfare, they are obviously full of confidence. Dongjiang Town has many famous generals and their combat power is strong. How can it be compared to the likes of Yuan Chonghuan?"
Dongjiang Town's ambition to quell the Liao Dynasty and eliminate the rebels was discussed among the people in the streets and in restaurants and tea shops, becoming a hot topic for a while.
Although there is excitement and worry, in the heart, no one does not hope that Dongjiang Town can win a great victory and end the more than ten years of Liaodong war.
As the Guan Ning Army was abandoned by Chongzhen and then annexed by Dongjiang Town, the Liao Rating Group lost the foundation of its existence.
The more powerful Dongjiang Town becomes, the fewer officials will dare to "drift" from it. This is not the time a few years ago when Mao Wenlong was so soft-spoken.
Today's political correctness is Ping Liao. Anyone who dares to obstruct it is an enemy of the government and the public. Emperor Chongzhen will be the first to spare him.
In order to pacify Liao as soon as possible, Chongzhen's eyes were red. He had already killed several corrupt officials who had tampered with the wages of Dongjiang Town, and Zhu Danian, the governor of Shandong, was also dismissed.
Mao Wenlong now suddenly became a hot favorite, and the report was accurate as long as Ping Liao's needs were met.
The civil servants who originally impeached Mao Wenlong either disappeared or were implicated and dismissed from office after Yuan Chonghuan's mishap. No one dared to falter again at this critical moment.
Of course, Mao Wenlong did not behave or speak too much. As long as he was not offended and Dongjiang Town was not touched, he would not attack or attack anyone wantonly.
The whole court seemed to be harmonious all of a sudden. From the emperor to the ministers, everyone seemed to be thinking together, working hard together, and working hard for Ping Liao.
For Chongzhen, he was most eager to end the Liaodong War. This was his biggest heart problem, and in order to get rid of it, he could ignore long-term worries.
It is an inevitable trend that Dongjiang Town will become stronger. This has little to do with whether Liao Town is pacified or not. In Liaodong, after Dongjiang Town suppressed the Jianlu, it has become a dominant family. Whether Liao Town is annexed or not has little effect.
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Instead of doing this, it is better to give up everything and just seek to pacify Liao and exterminate the barbarians. Otherwise, Dongjiang Town can be self-reliant and Jian barbarians will not be destroyed. Liao Town will still have to waste food and salary, and the court can say that it has gained nothing.
"At least, after the Liao Dynasty was pacified, the Jianlu captives would no longer be in trouble, and Liao's wages could be saved." Chongzhen read through Fang Zhenghua's memorials and once again strengthened his judgment.
The watch drum is beating, and it is another night of diligent government affairs.
Chongzhen drank tea, cleared his mind, and continued to deal with complicated political affairs.
Ping Liao is the top priority, but other major military and political affairs cannot be relaxed. For example, peasant uprisings are happening one after another, which is a headache.
After the original three-sided governor Yang He's appeasement strategy failed, Hong Chengchou took over as governor and began the policy of "suppressing the strong and pacifying, first suppressing and then pacifying", concentrating his forces to attack the Shaanxi peasant army.
It can be said that Hong Chengchou saw it clearly. The imperial court was no longer able to feed the large number of hungry people, and those who were recruited would surrender and rebel again. Therefore, he not only encircled and suppressed, but also killed and surrendered. He had already killed tens of thousands of surrendered bandits.
Under Hong Chengchou's brutal suppression, the peasant rebels in the northwest had to carry out relocation operations.
This year, the peasant uprising army led by Wang Jiayin entered Shanxi to fight. The various uprising armies went from being extremely scattered and fighting independently to being relatively concentrated and responding to each other. The uprising army and other units have reached more than 200,000 people, known as the Thirty-sixth Battalion.
"Hong Chengchou is in charge of the military affairs of the three sides, and I'm afraid he won't be able to withdraw." Chongzhen put down the recommendations of several ministers, his eyes flashed, and he was thinking about other suitable candidates.
At present, the Ming army troops participating in the suppression of the rebel army include commander-in-chief Wang Chengen, He Renlong, He Huchen, Cao Wenzhao and other military commanders.
The court held that each town had different administrative powers and that a minister should be set up to take charge. Most ministers recommended Hong Chengchou, but trilateral military affairs must not be relaxed, and Mongolian invasion of the border areas must be guarded against.
After thinking for a long time, Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen: "Bring the recent memorial from Chen Qiyu, governor of Yansui."
"My slave obeys the order." Wang Chengen bowed and stepped back.
Chen Qiyu had previously submitted a memorial about the serious situation of famine and insurrectionary forces thousands of miles from Yanzhou and Yan'an to Yansui Town (Yulin). Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to exempt the Yan'an and Qingyang areas from the court land tax for that year.
At the same time, Chen Qiyu also commanded the commander-in-chief Wang Chengen and deputy commander-in-chief Lu Wenshan to annihilate dozens of peasant uprising armies in Yansui, demonstrating his outstanding military ability.
Chongzhen intended to ask Governor Chen Qiyu to suppress all the affairs of the peasant uprising army, take charge of all military towns, coordinate actions, and encircle and exterminate the uprising army entering Shanxi.
When Wang Cheng'en brought Chen Qiyu's recent memorial title book, Chongzhen read it carefully and finally made up his mind.
But Chongzhen did not immediately issue an order to promote Chen Qiyu. He still wanted to test him. He wrote the order, but it was to ask Chen Qiyu to wipe out the last rebel army in Yansui as soon as possible and occupy the Zuotian Sentry and Kaishan Ax Headquarters at Yongning Pass.
Yongning Pass is located in the east of Yulin. It is blocked by mountains in front and close to the Yellow River below. The officers and soldiers could not conquer it for several years.
In Chongzhen's view, if Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, could not even wipe out all the bandits in Yansui, how could he shoulder the heavy responsibility of governor's military affairs?
"It's a pity that the Dongjiang Army still has to pacify Liao and exterminate the captives." Chongzhen finished writing the edict, leaned on the dragon chair, and sighed with emotion and regret, "otherwise, with just one strong force, wouldn't the rogue bandits and grassroots bandits be wiped out in one fell swoop?"
How ferocious the Jianlu were, Chongzhen also had a personal experience when he detoured into the pass and besieged the capital. But even the fierce Jianlu were no match for the Dongjiang Army, let alone those rogue bandits who were just like a mob.
Obviously, Chongzhen's idea is superficial and naive. The reason why the rogue bandits are difficult to destroy does not lie in their strong combat power. At least now, even the Ming army can have the upper hand.
The first is mobile warfare of a guerrilla nature. The Ming army not only had to defend important cities and key passes, but also had to pursue and suppress them. The front was too long and the troops were dispersed, making it difficult to achieve a decisive victory.
Secondly, there is the continuation and spread of major disasters. From Shaanxi to Shanxi, then to Henan and Beizhili, the disaster-stricken areas are full of people who rebelled for food. There is no shortage of bandits, and they can always resurrect and make a comeback.
Therefore, even if the Dongjiang Army has a strong fighting force and rashly enters the Central Plains, where the terrain is unfamiliar and supplies of food and ammunition are difficult to guarantee, it will still be exhausted or even defeated.
Wang Chengen heard the emperor's emotion, pondered for a moment, and bowed: "If the emperor has this intention, he can send orders after Ping Liao. Guo Dajing can be called a powerful general, and his subordinates are also as strong as clouds, with ten or twenty thousand soldiers.
Riding alone is enough to wipe out the bandits."
Chongzhen nodded slightly, but he also knew that this matter was impossible now. The most important task was to eliminate the bandits in Pingliao, and the rogue bandits were just a scabies disease.