Since Song Liangzuo's two letters this time are not formal documents sent to the court, he can skip the routine and use the "Southwest Carrier Pigeon Passage" from Chengdu to the capital to convey the message. The advantage of carrier pigeons is not only their fast flight speed, but also their
One thing is that it basically doesn’t need to be detoured, which can greatly reduce the contact distance.
It is of course very far to walk from Chengdu to the capital, but in fact the straight-line distance between them is just over three thousand miles. The average flying speed of the homing pigeons trained by Jinghua is about two hundred miles in half an hour (one hour), but
After all, pigeons are not perpetual motion machines and cannot fly all the way. They have to stop and change pigeons to participate in the "relay race". But even so, the news was delivered to the capital the next day.
The carrier pigeon system in Beijing has not been established for a long time. For example, in the entire southwest of the Ming Dynasty, there is only one "nationally radiating" carrier pigeon station in Chengdu. However, the areas around the capital are relatively densely populated. For example, last year's rescue battle showed that there is one in Daning.
In this way, Zhou Yong received the message from Song Liangzuo at noon the next day, and Gao Jingshi also received the news in the afternoon. Gao Jingshi received not only the message from Song Liangzuo, but also the message from Zhou Yong
One letter - he wrote to Gao Pragmatic after convening urgent discussions with relevant officials of the Practical School, especially officials from the Ministry of War.
The reason why everyone hurriedly informed Gao Jingshi was not to urge him to quickly finish the battle against Meng Yuan before going to Bozhou, but because the southwest response was too failed and they had to hire him, the "best literary commander in the world"
Give some guidance.
To be honest, we fought two battles in the southwest, and both battles were real losses. In the first battle, Guizhou sent troops and lost three to four thousand; in World War II, Sichuan sent troops and lost another seven to eight thousand. The total of these two battles can be regarded as a direct loss of 10,000 troops.
Isn't this a joke? Gao Pangshi fought the entire Battle of Monan without losing so many Ming troops, but now they have lost 10,000 men to fight the chieftain! This situation is already ugly compared to the Japanese during the war.
However, the enemy can only be forced to ask for "tactical guidance" from superiors.
Gao pragmatically got angry after reading the two letters. Good guy, I specially transferred Liu Wei to you to take charge, but you ended up directly transferring him because of certain epidemics caused by Liu Wei's troops being acclimatized.
Ignore it, do you have to rush to kill a wave of people?
On the other hand, the two "defeated generals" Wang Zhihan and Guo Cheng who led the troops on the front line actually performed well. Guo Cheng died heroically in battle. There is nothing to say.
Although Gao pragmatically looked at his performance, he found that there were no major mistakes.
He was prepared for the enemy's false surrender. Even if Mu Zhao resorted to such a cruel trick, the Ming army only sent troops forward after joining forces, and in fact they only traveled about thirty miles. If there is anything to say,
The mistake was probably due to a misjudgment of the strength of the Bozhou Army. Judging from its marching performance, he seemed to believe that the Ming Army would be sure to win after the combined forces.
Wang Zhihan's Pingyue Guards were the main force of the Ming army in the east of Guiyang, and Guo Cheng's troops had gone north to fight in the past two years. Both armies were considered to be powerful armies in the south. It is understandable that he had strong self-confidence.
The misjudgment is most likely due to the strength of the Bozhou Army. The Bozhou Army is similar to other chieftains. When they send troops with the imperial court, they can usually send two or three thousand people to "give face", but usually they can maintain their territory for a long time.
The military strength may not exceed 20,000 to 30,000.
In this case, Wang Zhihan most likely regarded the total strength of the Bozhou Army as twenty to thirty thousand, deducting some troops that could not be mobilized. He probably believed that the Bozhou Army could only mobilize more than ten thousand troops, and it would not be able to survive more than two people.
Wan, this is troublesome.
Gao Pragmatic, who is very familiar with chieftains, knows very well that for these chieftains in the mountains, almost all the adult male natives under his command can be pulled over at any time to become native soldiers, and these native soldiers use bamboo spears and the like in the mountainous areas.
The combat effectiveness of weapons in combat is almost as if they are innate. As long as you train in basic military regulations, you can use them in combat.
Yang Yinglong has been doing this for some time. Why wouldn't he prepare for a rainy day and train the local people under his command first? Huang Zhiting said back then that her family could maintain at most 20,000 to 30,000 wolf soldiers at most, but if they really had to fight hard,
If so, it would not be surprising at all to pull out an army of 80,000.
Gao Pragmatic also asked Huang Zhiting back then, how the strength of the major Guangxi chieftain families compares to the Bozhou chieftains? Huang Zhiting's answer was that in terms of military strength, the Yang family in Bozhou was slightly better than the Cen family and even better than the Huang family. Moreover, the Yang family in Bozhou was close to "
The hinterland of the Miao territory, which is subject to "Three No Matters", has always had a good relationship with the Miao people. If a war breaks out, the Yang family is likely to get help from the Miao people.
The second half of Huang Zhiting's answer was added by herself because she felt that Gao Pragmatic might want to return home in Banzhou when he asked this question, so she had to tell him the worst possibility first.
In other words, judging from her judgment, Banshu could recruit more than 100,000 native soldiers in wartime relying only on its own strength, and the remaining Miao support would be difficult to estimate accurately.
Gao Pragmatic believes her judgment, because in his previous life, when he read the historical materials of the Three Great Wars, he saw that Yang Yinglong had as many as 160,000 troops when the war was at its strongest. It was precisely because Yang Yinglong's disaster was very serious and happened.
In the hinterland of the country, the Ming Dynasty had no choice but to make a completely winnable war to aid Korea a little bit anticlimactic - there was no doubt that it would win, but it still felt almost meaningless.
Now the Yang Yinglong Rebellion seems to have broken out in advance, which obviously disrupted Gao Pragmatic's plan and encountered almost the worst of the "Southwestern Plans" he had prepared. However, since there is a plan, the matter can still be dealt with.
Gao Pragmatic took up the post of Mongolian Economic Strategy without resigning as Minister of Household Affairs. This was the same as the previous time when he went to Ningxia without resigning as Minister of Rongzheng. It was quite special for the imperial court, but it also brought some tangible benefits. For example,
This time, he could state in his reply that some official warehouses in the southwest affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs could be opened to supply military pay, food, ordnance and other materials - in fact, this was also a very important point in the purpose of Zhou Yong's letter, but there was no need to click on it.
Just wear it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition to financial and material support, Zhou Yong must also give priority to pragmatic opinions on how to use troops in the southwest. The reasons are nothing more than two points: First, high pragmatism
His reputation, status and ability in the Shi School are greater than those of Zhou Yong. If Gao Pragmatic does not agree, no one knows how much strength the Southwest can use. Secondly, Gao Pragmatic's Bian Gong was founded in the Southwest, and he was obviously early in the Southwest.
There are arrangements, and Zhou Yong was promoted from the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Jiliao to the Grand Sima. He has almost a blind eye on the situation in the southwest. If he is not high-minded and pragmatic, he can almost only make random arrangements according to the book of the Ministry of War, and then make random attacks.
One breath.
So, does Gao Pragmatic have any clever strategies that can easily defeat Bozhou? No.
If you think that as long as the Bozhou Rebellion is suppressed, you may also consider using your fame to trick Yang Yinglong into "transferring the tiger away from the mountain". Although the probability is difficult to guarantee, you can still give it a try.
But the problem is that the Bozhou Rebellion has reached this point. In fact, it is directly linked to the success or failure of Guizhou's land reform. This means that unless there is a way to wipe out the Yang family, there is no point in killing just one Yang Yinglong. His
The son is still there, and even if he is not good enough, there is still a group of nephews and other relatives. The Yang family cannot just sit back and watch the Bozhou Chieftain disappear, and will definitely resist to the end.
Political means failed, economic means... People's economy is basically self-sufficient, and they are too pragmatic to pay for it. They cut off their own heads, so the only thing left is to conquer by force.
The Yang clan of Bozhou can muster an army of 160,000, which is a highly pragmatic "difficulty estimate". Although it may not reach this number now, but the enemy is expected to be lenient, it must be calculated according to this number to be safe. The Bozhou army is an internal defense.
, the demand for troops is smaller than that of the attacking side, so the imperial court may send more than 200,000 troops.
It is very difficult for the Ming army to dispatch more than 200,000 troops in the south. Even if they reluctantly do it, most of them will probably be guardsmen who only know how to farm and do miscellaneous tasks. Therefore, these troops are ineffective. If they really have to send 200,000 troops,
When the main force of the Nine Sides cannot go south to support, we mainly have to find a way from the chieftains.
The southern chieftains of the Ming Dynasty have always performed well in wars. Whether they are child wolf soldiers, Miao soldiers, Yao soldiers, Tujia soldiers and other local soldiers, they are all troops that the Ming court often requires to accompany them. This situation is of course
It can also be copied during the Conquest of Bozhou.
So Gao pragmatically found the Beijing version of the Ming Dynasty map, and began to consider recruiting chieftains from the provinces around Bozhou. He didn't think it was a big deal, but he was shocked when he saw that there were more than one chieftain around Bozhou.
To the north of Bozhou is Chongqing, and to the east of Chongqing are the Shili Xuanwei Division and the Youyang Xuanfu Division (the Xuanwei Division is larger than the Xuanfu Division in terms of level). Looking further east, they are located in the southwest of Huguang, which is also the "Puanyuan Governor"
The area under its jurisdiction was the Xiangxi area in later generations. This area was even more powerful, with two Xuanwei Divisions, three Xuanfu Divisions, one Tuzhou, and one Changguansi.
Guizhou itself is also amazing. Everyone knows the name of Shuixi Tusi. The Tian family of "Si Bo Tian Yang, Liang Guang Cen Huang" is here. Although the Sizhou and Sinan Tian families have been severely divided by the imperial court over the years.
, but there are still a large number of chieftains in various places who were favored by the Tian family and similar to "Tianfa", and these powers can now be mobilized by the imperial court.
None of the so-called "Four Heavenly Kings" of Guizhou chieftains, An, Song, Tian, and Yang, are easy to mess with. But now that the Yang family has rebelled, the other three families are obviously facing different difficulties in making choices - not that they dare to oppose the imperial recruitment.
, but the degree of effort may vary from person to person.
Some families have a good relationship with the Yang family, and they will inevitably try to work hard without contributing; some families have a normal relationship with the Yang family, and they may also work hard because they are sad for the death of a rabbit or a fox; and some families may have a relationship with the Yang family.
Conflict will be easier to use, but considering that they may also want to preserve their strength as much as possible, they may not go all out, but it is better than the first two.
But no matter what, Guizhou now has dozens of long-term lawsuits, large and small. Even if each of them only sends a hundred troops, there are tens of thousands of troops. Not to mention there are some Tufu, it is impossible to get the "hundred people"
of varying sizes.
To the west of Bozhou is Sichuan. The chieftains in northwest Sichuan have border defense tasks and cannot be moved easily, but the chieftains in southern Sichuan can obviously be mobilized at any time. What is the situation of the chieftains in southern Sichuan? The answer is Zhenxiong, Wumeng, Wusa, and Dongchuan Si
The Military and Civilian Government, coupled with the Yongning Xuanfu Division, can also mobilize tens of thousands of troops at any time.
If this is not enough, the two chieftain clusters in Guangxi and Yunnan can also serve as backup. Although the Guangxi chieftains were taken away by Gao Pangshi, the strongest Cen and Huang families and some of their affiliated forces, big chieftains such as the Zhao family and the Li family
and their affiliated forces are still there, and these forces can obviously be mobilized.
Moreover, due to the development and purchase of timber, tung oil, etc. from Jinghua in Guangxi in recent years, the economic strength of the chieftains has also increased. It has become easier to bring their own soldiers and dry food with them during the expedition. They even dare not refuse the court, and they are even less willing to
Dare to work but not put in effort. Gao Pragmatic estimates that if it is really necessary, it is not impossible to mobilize tens of thousands more wolf soldiers from Guangxi.
As for Yunnan, let alone that. For example, when Liu Wei was in charge of guarding southern Yunnan and northern Burma, he had less than 30,000 soldiers, but he was nominally in charge of 100,000 chieftain soldiers in his jurisdiction.
So Gao pragmatically drew up the composition of troops for the attack on Bozhou based on the proportion of 30% of the Ming army and 70% of the local soldiers. This time the entire army mobilized 240,000 troops, and the Ming army's "economic army" was about 70,000.
There are about 170,000 chieftain troops, and they are still divided into several groups to advance for encirclement and suppression. This is not because they don't want to concentrate their forces, but the mountainous area is inconvenient. There are too many concentration, not to mention that there is no major road in the mountain, and it is basically impossible to walk. The pressure on logistics is huge.
The army may starve to death on the road.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic was also worried about being defeated by Yang Yinglong's inside maneuvers, so his plan was very similar to Chang Kaishen's third siege at a certain period, using the tactics of "gathering troops thickly, attacking in separate ways, and advancing straight in".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! To put it simply, the other roads are not weak in gathering troops, but they do not advance easily. They occupy one place and consolidate it, advance layer by layer, and gradually narrow the encirclement;
The one with Liu Wei as the core is the main attack, running straight from the north road to the south, piercing down into the heart of Bozhou like a high-hanging sword. This also forces Yang Yinglong's main force to come for a decisive battle, with the intention of relying on Liu Wei's troops.
Defeat the core force of the Bozhou Army head-on.
There is no doubt that the core of this operation still revolves around Liu Wei's headquarters. This is also the purpose of Gao Pragmatic's transfer of Liu Wei to Sichuan. However, operational planning is easy to handle, but political troubles are not so easy to handle. For example,
Song Liangzuo lost seven to eight thousand people in this wave of battles. After the court learned of the news, it would definitely cause an uproar, and the Real School would face tremendous pressure.
The Practical School is different from the Heart School. It relies not on words but on actual results. If you are defeated, you are defeated. There is actually little meaning in asking for mercy. However, Song Liangzuo still wants to protect his hand. Even if it is not based on political considerations, it must be based on military considerations. Therefore,
If an official from the non-practical school were replaced as the governor of Sichuan, there would be doubts as to whether the encirclement and suppression strategy set by Gao Wuzhi could be effectively implemented.
Failure has already occurred, how to protect it?
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