please make me king

Chapter 886 Three Sides and Four Towns
When Zhang Shun agreed to Lu Xiangsheng's establishment of the "Qijun", Lu Xiangsheng received Qian Liang and Zhang Shun's warrant, and took Yang Lukai, Gu Xian, and Fu Yuren, the staff officer Zhang Shun sent to assist him, to Song County, Lu's Waiting for the recruiting to go, let's not mention it for the time being.

That Zhang Shun temporarily stabilized Heluo's situation, and then he took Bai Guangen, He Renlong who had just rested and the [-] cavalry drawn out earlier to Tongguan.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was stationed in Yan Township, Wang Shaoyu was stationed in Jindouguan, Chen Changbing and Li Mou's battalions were stationed in Tongguan, and confronted Zuo Guangxian stationed in Huayin and Huazhou.

The rebel army originally had four battalions of [-] people, but the officers and soldiers Zuo Guangxian gathered more than [-] elites.

At the beginning, Tongguan was too narrow to use it. Although the two sides fought fiercely for a long time, the casualties were not very large.

Therefore, after the fall of Tongguan, Zuo Guang first returned to occupy Huayin and Huazhou, guarding each other front and back, and established two defensive lines in a ladder shape.

Although the rebel army has an advantage in numbers, the commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu is no better than mediocre, and his troops are also mixed with native soldiers and surrendered soldiers.

Except that the rebel army seized the natural danger of Tongguan with the help of the ten-thousand-jin Hongyi cannon and Li Mou's surprise attack, in fact, the strength of the two sides is still equal, and neither can do anything to the other.

After Zhang Shun arrived in Tongguan, the first thing he did was to adjust the deployment of the rebel army.

First, Cao Wenzhao was transferred to garrison Tongguan, Wang Shaoyu was transferred to garrison Yan Township, and Cao Wenzhao was appointed to guard Tongguan part-time.Beware of the Shanxi governor Wu Yan, who is north of the Yellow River, smuggling across the natural danger of the Yellow River and attacking Tongguan City from Fenglingdu.

Secondly, five people, Chen Changbing, Li Mou, He Renlong, Bai Guangen, and Hong Chengchou from the newly surrendered rebel army were called to discuss the matter of joining Qin in Tongguan.

It turned out that Hong Chengchou had served as the governor of the five provinces and was proficient in military affairs. He caused great damage to the rebel army one after another, and Zhang Shun almost lost his life.

Although this person has surrendered to the Rebel Army, his prestige and talent are beyond everyone else, and it is difficult for Zhang Shun to let him go.

Therefore, he simply created a new post, called "Chief of Staff", and made Hong Chengchou assume it.

In ancient times, the staff and secretaries in the general's shogunate were called staff.Zhang Shun's so-called "chief of staff" is actually the chief of staff, who is mainly responsible for assisting the commander in handling military affairs, organizing and planning military construction, military operations and other work.

This position is almost equivalent to Zhang Shun's deputy in the rebel army, but he has no decision-making power.In addition to having the right to suggest and plan, he can only act in accordance with Zhang Shun's orders.

This not only limited Hong Chengchou's power, but also maximized his ability to plan and command.

In fact, in the original history, although Hong Chengchou was an excellent commander, once the situation is not good, he has a weak will and a decisive side.

The most typical example is that under his command, the three giants Cao Wenzhao, Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen were accidentally killed in battle, and the officers and soldiers were immediately placed in an extremely passive situation.

If Lu Xiangsheng, who was then prime minister of the five provinces, hadn't shown his might, defeating "Chuang Wang" Gao Yingjiang, "Chuang General" Li Zicheng and others, the situation in the entire north of Ming Dynasty might have been out of control.

And later, after Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Hong Chengchou served as governor of Jiliao, led eight general soldiers of Ming Dynasty, and [-] elites went out to rescue Jinzhou.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he could neither withstand the pressure of the court to send troops, nor could he repel Dorgon before the arrival of the main force led by Huang Taiji, nor could he realize that there was nothing to be done after Huang Taiji arrived, and he should stop it.

These all exposed that as the coach of the three armies, he was not responsible enough and decisive enough when facing opponents of the same level.

And these advantages and disadvantages, combined, just happened to be particularly suitable for the post of chief of staff.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the military discussion, Hong Chengchou, chief of staff, took the lead in presenting a map, saying: "Anyone who does not know the right place to use troops is no different from a blind man trying to figure out an elephant. I have a map, which shows the geography of the three borders and four towns in Shaanxi, as well as the dangers and fortresses of various places. , and please King Shun watch it!"

Zhang Shun ordered Gao Guiying to take it, spread it out on the table, and couldn't help touching his nose.

It turns out that although Hong Chengchou's drawing is more detailed, its style is very abstract.The general content is to draw a box, write a place name such as "Xi'an", and then connect it with a dotted line to write how many miles to a certain place.

For other mountains and rivers, it is simply to draw a few lines.Without sufficient imagination, it is difficult to call this object a "map".

Fortunately, Zhang Shun has also become accustomed to the ancient style of cutting out the complicated and simplifying it. After a long while, he finally understood.

The so-called "three sides and four towns in Shaanxi", among them, Gansu Town is roughly the range of Gansu Province in later generations; Ningxia Town is roughly the range of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in later generations; and Yansui Town, also known as Yulin Town, is roughly the range of later Yan'an and the Shaanxi area to the north .

Looking at the locations of these three places, Zhang Shun could see their importance at a glance.

It's just that only Guyuan Town, Zhang Shun is a little confused.This place doesn't match up with his past life memory at all, and he doesn't know what's dangerous and critical about this place.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "Everyone says that there are 'three sides and four towns' in Shaanxi. I know the three towns of Gansu, Yansui and Ningxia, but what's going on with Guyuan Town, can someone explain it to me?"

How did Hong Chengchou not know that this was Zhang Shun asking himself?

He couldn't help laughing and said: "I know a thing or two about this matter. The so-called Guyuan Town is the old Shaanxi Town."

"Shaanxi is adjacent to the border areas, and there are "three bandits". In the north, there are tao bandits, in the south, there are sea bandits, and in the west, there are song bandits. These three have been the troubles of Shaanxi for a long time."

"Once there are police, bandits often enter from Songshan, pass through Zhuanglangwei and other places, and head to Qinghai and other places; the same is true for pirates, and towns such as Gansu have no power to stop the three bandits from entering!"

Zhang Shun listened for a while, and then realized that the bandits were the tribes occupying the Hetao area, mainly the Tumote tribe of Mongolia; the so-called "sea bandits" were not the "Japanese bandits" that Zhang Shun thought, but the tribes occupying Qinghai. Mongolian tribes along the lake.

These two places are rich in water and grass, which is conducive to nomadic herding, and it is reasonable to have nomadic tribes entrenched.

But what the hell are the so-called "pine bandits" who "occupy Songshan and other places"?

"If we talk about this matter, we should start with Dayan Khan, the lord of ZTE in Mongolia. This man is a hero for a lifetime, and he has dedicated his life to bringing peace to the chieftains with different surnames."

"At that time, there were different surnames, and Bu'erhai and Bu'erhai went away to Qinghai to avoid their sharp edge. Since then, there have been bandits in the West Sea."

"After Dayan Khan's death, his son Al Da Khan was even more powerful. He had [-] elite cavalry and [-] armored cavalry. They all wore iron floating maps, horse armor, long knives and big arrowheads, and looked like ice and snow."

"It was during the Jiajing period, and the imperial court was unable to control it. Arda Khan conquered Qinghai and destroyed Yebusha and Bu'erhai successively. He ordered his nephew Bintu to occupy Songshan, his son Bingtu to occupy Qinghai, and Xining to be affected by him. "

"The so-called Songshan is located in the north of Lanzhou and west of Ningxia. So far, the land of Daokou and Zhuanglangwei in the east and Xiaosongshan. So far, Songkou and Haikou took turns to cause trouble, echoing each other from afar, and the Shaanxi soldiers were exhausted."

Hearing this, Zhang Shun said that following Hong Chengchou's instructions, it can be roughly seen that this place is located between Gansu and Ningxia, pushing into the two towns like a wedge.Only then did I understand why "Songkou" can be juxtaposed with "Taokou" and "Haikou".

If nomadic tribes are really allowed to occupy this place, the three will echo each other, come and leave whenever they want, and the border troubles in Shaanxi will become more and more serious.

"As for Wanlizhong, after the 'three victories in Huangzhong', the pirates were completely wiped out, and the imperial court sent troops to the lands of Songshan and Songshan to wipe out the pirates in one fell swoop, and the border troubles were eliminated." Hong Chengchou continued.

"When the 'Songkou' was here, the three bandits echoed each other from a distance, and the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia, and Yansui were not under each other's control, so it was really difficult to coordinate."

"At that time, the guards and governors of Shaanxi lived in the provincial capital of Xi'an, and they were far away. If soldiers and captives came, they would be caught off guard if they took advantage of them."

"Therefore, the governor of Shaanxi and the commander-in-chief were ordered to station in Guyuan to pinpoint its vital points and mobilize troops and horses from three towns and four towns to defend against the enemy. Over time, Shaanxi town turned into Guyuan town."

Hearing this, Zhang Shun suddenly realized that the terrain of the Guyuan area is convenient, which is conducive to the unified coordination of the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia and Yansui to defend against the enemy, so the military center of gravity was gradually moved from Xi'an, Shaanxi to Guyuan.

Zhang Shun carefully searched this Guyuan Town for half a day, and found that the location of this place is indeed to the west. On the one hand, it just blocked the main road for "pine bandits entrenched between the big and small pine mountains" to enter the interior, and at the same time, it could connect the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia and Yansui. The end is a first-class place.

It's just that this military defense system with Guyuan as the core and the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia and Yansui as its wings is specially designed for border troubles.

When it faces the threat of the enemy from the east, how should the officers and soldiers respond?
(End of this chapter)