The bandit army who came from afar, as if they were Ying Mao, sent more than a hundred people under the city to pretend to attack the city. As a result, a few short spears flew down from the city wall, and these hundreds of people turned around and ran away.
The speed was much faster than when they came.
It was as if they were just waiting for a few short spears from the top of the city to come down so that they could go back and do business.
Mei Xiaofei reported the battle situation back and forth with a strange expression. Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I have always heard that Chen Qixiu is cunning and careful about his life. It seems that he has underestimated this guy's timidity. I think we want to lure them to attack."
Cheng, he won’t be fooled!”
"Instruct all the ministries to continue to stand ready for orders. You also go back to the city. Although you know that this guy probably won't attack by force, you still need a place to test him again!"
"Understood!" Mei Xiaofei nodded happily and left.
He remembered that his husband had told the story of the empty city strategy. Now he seemed to be planning an empty city strategy in Ansai. It was just that Zhuge Kongming's empty city strategy was fake. There were no soldiers and horses in the city. But his teacher's empty city strategy was real.
There were no soldiers or horses inside.
He was looking forward to it now. It would be great if the leader of the bandits also knew the story of the Empty City Strategy. It would be best if he felt that the Master was setting up the Empty City Strategy and felt that he had seen through the Master's plan. That would be fun.
Mei Xiaofei ran out, but the conversation in the room continued.
"It seems that the thieves from the tributary outside are not fooled by you. If you go out and scare them away, your plan will be in vain!"
Jiang Yanran sat on a tall chair, her feet dangling on the chair, but her mouth didn't stop.
"If he is waiting for reinforcements, I think he won't be able to wait!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "They were annihilated. The next bandit's troops will not set off from Yichuan, but Chen Qixiu doesn't know it!"
"That's right, the officers and soldiers colluded with the bandits to trap these guys outside the city. If they knew that even their commander Wu was obeying the orders of you, the leader of the officers and soldiers, they wouldn't even have to start a fight, and they would be so angry that they would go to heaven!
"
"That would save me a lot of trouble!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "Unfortunately, they are very tough on life. If you let them die on their own, I'm afraid they won't do it!"
"I said, haven't you ever thought about recruiting these bandits to surrender?" Jiang Yanran said cracklingly: "Not to mention the many villages outside Yan'an Prefecture, when this battle is over, Ansai, Yanchuan
, there are also large fields in Yichuan that need people to cultivate, can’t we recruit these people to surrender and give them a good labor reform?”
"Reform through labor?" Jiang Wan raised her head and glanced at Jiang Yanran.
"It's the same as Zhuangzi outside Yan'an Prefecture. It's just that you lock these surrenderers in and let them farm in Zhuangzi. Just guard it with a small number of soldiers outside. Then give them a bite to eat.
That’s fine, but I don’t believe that these people can survive and still think about rebellion every day!”
"Oh!" Jiang Wan thought for a while: "This method does work, but it is better to kill those stubborn guys who are leading the way, otherwise, even if they are imprisoned in Zhuangzi, they will still be a source of instability.
Sooner or later it will turn into trouble!"
He shook his head: "The last thing I want right now is to leave any trouble here in Yan'an Mansion!"
"Only punish the culprits and not the accomplices?" Jiang Yanran nodded: "It's indeed a good idea. I support this idea. Judging from my experience of being a gangster, most people just follow the gangsters to make ends meet. What's the real reward?
, that is, the leaders and their henchmen, I have no objection at all to killing these people!"
"The question is how to kill?" She tilted her head and thought: "I have many such ideas, but you probably won't be able to use them!"
"Tell me about it..." Jiang Wan smiled slightly in her heart. All this little girl could think of was what the Red Party did in later generations. It's not that he hadn't thought about it, but times have changed. In the Ming Dynasty, people did this and that.
If you try it, I'm afraid you might be a little acclimatized.
"Win first, then talk about it after we win!" Jiang Yanran chuckled: "Remembering the pain and sweetness, reporting and exposing these things, I will talk to Miss Xu later, divide these surrendered thieves, and then let them report those who are responsible for the crime.
If a few of the evil ones come back, we should be able to identify all the die-hard elements, and the remaining ones will be much easier to monitor!"
"How about you wait until this battle is over and you will be responsible for these things!" Jiang Wan laughed. Jiang Yanran's words did not surprise him. However, when these words came out of Jiang Yanran's mouth,
That was Jiang Yanran's own idea.
"I don't!" Jiang Yanran shook her head decisively: "You went back to the capital and left me in this miserable place. Do you think I would do such a stupid thing?"
"But Miss Xu will also leave here, and even Nanhaiwei will leave here!" Jiang Wan said: "If after we leave, Shaanxi becomes chaotic again, then won't I have done all these things in vain?"
Jiang Yanran tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled knowingly at Jiang Wan.
"Li Zicheng!"
"Um?"
"You planned to keep Li Zicheng in Shaanxi from the beginning. Otherwise, there would not have been the 4000th household!" Jiang Yanran felt that she had sensed Jiang Wan's intention: "No matter how great Wu Sangui's contribution is,
, he, Wu Shuai, is no longer suitable to stay in Shaanxi, and it is impossible for your soldiers brought from Beijing to stay here. Then, the only way to stay is to continue what you have not finished.
There is only Li Zicheng!"
"That's right, you can't bring Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses back to the capital. Whether you admit it or not, these people are a huge hidden danger if they enter the capital. The court will never allow them. The best place for them to go is either
It is to guard the local area, or to join the frontier army, and these troops were built by you, Jiang Wan, and you gave them the money, food and weapons. Just give them to the frontier army for free. You will definitely not do it, unless, you
Become the general of the border army yourself!"
The more she talked, the more excited she became: "That's why you decided to take advantage of this opportunity to drastically reduce the combat power of the bandits. Whether it is to suppress or appease, you will never leave a situation that even Li Zicheng cannot cope with, and even Xizhou
In the first battle, you let Li Zicheng do it, also to increase Li Zicheng's record and prestige in the army. Once he wins a big victory, basically his 4,000th household will be in Shaanxi, and no one will dare to cause trouble and directly oppose him.
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"So, I should go tell Li Zicheng about these methods of arranging the soldiers and identifying the culprits, not Miss Xu!"
Jiang Wan smiled at him and said nothing.
"By not saying anything, you are tacitly admitting that I guessed it right. Look, I have the potential to be your military advisor!" Jiang Yanran laughed, with a bit of pride on her face.
"The bandits outside the city are watching eagerly. The outcome of life and death is uncertain, but you are here talking about the placement of surrendered soldiers after the war!" Jiang Wan shook her head: "Sister Yanran, are you thinking too much!"