Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 552
When He Renlong arrived, the entire chieftain territory was already under the control of the forward.

Chieftain Wan Hongwu was captured alive and held under a big tree. With him as the leader, a group of people tied up and knelt down.

More ordinary people are watching.They watched another court general approaching, with apprehension on their faces. They were not sure what the future would be like!
However, compared with them, many chieftain soldiers were much calmer, and they were cooperating with the court officers and soldiers.

He Renlong just glanced at Wan Hongwu and ignored him.He just turned his head and glanced, as if looking for someone.

Soon, he saw the person he was looking for, and saw Gao Ruli and his men rushing over.

"How, did you find it?" When He Renlong saw it, he asked Gao Ruli without waiting for him to speak.

"Well, I found it!" Gao Ruli nodded quickly and replied with a serious expression, "It's at the foot of the mountain over there!"

After speaking, he returned immediately, obviously leading the way.

When He Renlong saw it, he immediately clamped his legs and drove his horse to follow, not caring about Wan Hongwu at all.

Those onlookers were very curious. They wondered what this court general was looking for. He was more important than the chieftain?
But when they saw the direction of He Renlong and his party, they probably understood.

For this reason, I was a little bit emotional, I didn't expect the imperial court officers and soldiers to be so affectionate and righteous!
They guessed right, the place Gao Ruli took He Renlong to was the place where the vanguard soldiers died in the last battle and buried their bones.

Most of the soldiers are just a big pit.There are two small soil bags on the side. On one of the soil bags, there is a wooden sign with a few words engraved on it. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it anymore.

After He Renlong arrived, he immediately got off his horse and came to the grave. After careful identification, he could see clearly.

At this time, Gao Ruli's eyes were already red, and he introduced him: "This is the grave of Da Heizi. This one should be Liu Erhei, who followed Da Heizi and would rather die than submit. This big earth bag is buried with other people who died in the battle. Brothers!"

After hearing this, He Renlong nodded slowly, but just glanced at the tombs without speaking.

It can be seen that this tomb is very simple, and the best thing is that Da Heizi has a tombstone. If the others, if they didn't come back by killing themselves, the world will probably forget who they are and why they are here!
He Renlong's eyes were a little red, he took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Brothers, I am incompetent and have troubled everyone. Now, I am here to take you home. You are all loyal, and you are entering the Hall of Loyalty." Yes, when the war is over, I will definitely go to the Hall of Loyalty to worship you. Or..."

Speaking of this, he paused, and after a short pause, he said in a deep voice: "...We will meet at the Zhonglie Hall and have a drink together!"

Gao Ruli and the others did not speak, but their eyes were all red.There were crystals in the eye sockets, but they didn't fall off.

These brothers who are buried here are their closest comrades.The past getting along, laughing and cursing, all appeared before their eyes.

The majestic man, finally someone couldn't hold back anymore, and crystal clear tears fell to the ground.

Who said that a man doesn't shed tears, it's just that he hasn't reached the point of sadness!

The wind blew the nearby woods, making a "squeaky" sound, and I don't know if it was the comrades who died in the battle that were responding to them.

After a while, He Renlong suddenly shouted, "Gao Qianhu!"

"Your subordinate is here!" Gao Ruli clasped his fists immediately upon hearing this.

He Renlong didn't look at him, but just looked at the grave, and continued to say loudly: "You take the brothers to stay here, and wait until Master Chen's people arrive, then move the brothers out and send them to the rear!"

"Obey!" Gao Ruli immediately responded loudly after hearing this.

Before coming, Chen Yuanyuan had explained that she would send someone to take a look first.

After He Renlong heard Gao Ruli's words, he looked at the grave and said loudly: "I have a military order, so I can't delay, brothers, let's go!"

After speaking, he cupped his fists and bowed to the three graves.

After taking one last look, He Renlong didn't hesitate any longer, turned around immediately, strode towards his horse, quickly turned on the horse, pulled the rein, turned the horse's head, and roared loudly: "Brothers, let's go!" Let me kill thieves together and avenge my brothers!"

"Revenge!" His soldiers shouted after hearing this, and immediately followed.

This battle is not just about destroying Wanhongwu.

Sun Chuanting's strategy for the chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou is to fight slowly and quickly.

Slow progress means not rushing to attack, but making full preparations first.

The first is to spread the imperial government's new policy of reforming the land to all parts of Yunnan and Guizhou. Not only let the chieftain know, but also let the people in the chieftain's territory know. This will take time.

Second, it is not difficult to take down the chieftain's territory. With the current military strength of the imperial court, no chieftain can withstand the attack of the imperial army.What is difficult is the governance after the chieftain's territory is taken down and the escaped chieftain's counterattack.

For this point, the most important thing is that the officials appointed by the imperial court should follow up and govern the area in a timely manner, instead of still being managed by the army, or just sending an official over.

The same is true, the imperial court has already selected officials from the very beginning of making a plan, and they have to go to the Daming Official Academy to teach them how to govern the place in the territory that was originally the chieftain, and they will be sent out after passing the assessment.

What is different from the past is that this time the imperial court appoints places, not only the chief officials, but also other officials, and even teaching instructions, are all sent in after training.

In this way, it will take time. Sun Chuanting is also waiting for them to be in place, at least there are enough of these officials in the chieftain territory he plans to conquer before he can launch an attack.

Third, there is another very important reason why Sun Chuanting slowed down, and it was naturally the problem of food and grass.

The transportation in the Yunnan-Guizhou area is far from comparable to that in the Central Plains. It is much more difficult to transport food and grass materials, and there will naturally be a lot of consumption on the road.Therefore, Sun Chuanting waited until the autumn harvest was approaching before launching the war, which was also a plan to feed the enemy.

Of course, this does not mean that Sun Chuanting does not need to prepare food and supplies, and does not need to transport food and materials.It is impossible for all the food in the chieftain's territory to be used for military purposes.If that is the case, the people will rebel if they have nothing to eat.

But no matter what, launching an attack during the autumn harvest will have the least logistical pressure.There is no need to worry about transporting food and grass supplies in at once. You can transport them slowly. As long as you ensure a continuous supply of food, the grain harvested in the chieftain's territory will be topped up in the early stage, and the huge logistical pressure will be relieved.

And Sun Chuanting's urgent meaning of the strategy of delaying the attack and rushing the battle is to make a quick battle and make a quick decision without delay.

This is actually easy to understand, and it still has something to do with logistics. If it is consumed in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, it will definitely be disadvantageous for the imperial court and the army.Not to mention food and logistics, there may be variables in the court.

When Sun Chuanting decided to launch an attack, He Renlong once again invited a striker to open the way for the army.

In this regard, Sun Chuanting agreed.

Therefore, after He Renlong conquered Wan Hongwu's territory, he had to rush to attack while the other chieftains had not received the news.

But different from last time, this time, there are many local chieftain soldiers in He Renlong's troops.With these natives leading the way, they can know where is easy to ambush, where is more dangerous, and so on.

The same is true, He Renlong just visited those men who died in battle, and then immediately set off again.

The follow-up court officers and troops are also following up, wave after wave, and start to spread to the Shiwan Dashan in the Yunnan-Guizhou area.

On the third day after He Renlong's troops left, the magistrates appointed by the imperial court arrived.

There was another person who came with them unexpectedly, and it turned out to be Chen Yuanyuan, the deputy political envoy of Cong Sanpin.

The red lady led a group of female soldiers to protect her, which attracted extra attention.

After Chen Yuanyuan arrived, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he first went to the place where the martyrs were buried.

Seeing this, the court officers and soldiers couldn't help feeling grateful.

They originally admired and liked Chen Yuanyuan very much, but after seeing it now, they became even more grateful to Chen Yuanyuan.

This is not to say that Chen Yuanyuan is beautiful, but because of Chen Yuanyuan's identity.

From a civil official of the third rank, he is already one of the senior civil officials of Ming Dynasty.This point can be known from the fact that she is wearing the big red scarlet robe representing the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just a group of warriors, but they are so valued by the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty. In this era when the gentlemen are more expensive than the martial arts, how can a soldier be unmoved!

Gao Ruli didn't expect that it would be Chen Yuanyuan who came over in person, so he was so excited that he clasped his fists to salute.

Chen Yuanyuan just nodded, and looked at the three conspicuous tombs for the first time, especially staying in front of Da Heizi's tomb with the tombstone for a long time.

After Gao Ruli's introduction, Chen Yuanyuan pondered for a moment, and then said to Gao Ruli: "Da Heizi and Liu Erhei, they should be moved out, and the bones should be sent back to their hometowns and handed over to their relatives. As for the other soldiers, I’m afraid they can’t tell the difference anymore, so let them stay here. I invite the court to build a martyr’s temple here for them to be incensed by the people. Their families can also come here to worship together.”

In fact, ancestral halls can also be built locally.However, Chen Yuanyuan said that he would invite the imperial court to build this martyr's shrine, which means that the standard is very high.

Hearing his words, Gao Ruli felt that it made sense, and he was also very grateful for Chen Yuanyuan's willingness to go to the court and go to heaven to listen to them for the sake of big soldiers like them. After looking at the other brothers, he finally nodded and agreed.

In fact, as Chen Yuanyuan, as long as she wants to do this, no one else can stop her.Here, only Sun Chuanting can persuade him.

However, why did Sun Chuanting persuade her to talk about this matter?

　Will work hard tomorrow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)