Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1652 Cutting Yuan ([-]) The Law of Redemption
Since Song Liangzuo's two letters this time were not official essays submitted to the imperial court, they could skip the routine and use a "southwest carrier pigeon channel" from Chengdu to Jingshi to communicate.The advantage of the carrier pigeon is not only its fast flight speed, but also that it basically does not need to detour, which can greatly reduce the communication distance.

It is of course a long way 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 cultivated by Jinghua is about half an hour (one hour) to fly [-] miles, but the pigeons are not perpetual motion machines after all, and they cannot fly all at once.But even so, the news reached the capital the next day.

Jinghua's carrier pigeon system has not been established for a long time. For example, only Chengdu has a "national radiation" carrier pigeon station in the southwest of Daming.However, the surrounding area of ​​the capital is relatively dense. For example, in the rescue battle last year, it was shown that there was one in Daning.

As a result, Zhou Yong received Song Liangzuo's report at noon the next day, and Gao Wushi also received the news in the afternoon.The news that Gao Wushi received was not only the letter from Song Liangzuo, Zhou Yong also sent a letter to Gao Wushi after he convened relevant officials of the Real School, especially the officials of the Ministry of War, for an urgent discussion.

The reason why everyone rushed to inform Gao Wushi was not to urge him to finish Mengyuan before going to Bozhou, but because the Southwest's response was too failed, so he had to be hired as the "No. [-] Literary Commander in the World" Give some guidance.

To be honest, Southwest fought two battles, both of which were really crotch pulling.In World War I, Guizhou sent troops, and lost three to four thousand troops; in World War II, Sichuan sent troops, and lost another seven to eight thousand. The sum of these before and after was directly reimbursed for [-] troops.

Isn't this a mess?Gao Wushi did not lose so many Ming troops in the entire battle of Monan, but now they have already lost 1 people in a chieftain!This situation is already ugly, and it is almost the same as the Japanese Communist period, when they were unable to defeat the enemy and could only be forced to ask their superiors for "tactical guidance".

After reading the two letters, Gao Yushi was also out of breath.Good guy, I specially transferred Liu Ting to sit in town for you, but you just ignored him because of some epidemics caused by Liu Ting's unacceptable troops, so you have to send a wave of heads in a hurry?
On the contrary, Wang Zhihan and Guo Cheng, the two "defeated generals" who led the army on the front line, actually performed well. There is nothing to say about Guo Cheng's heroic death in battle. It's a waste material, but Gao Pragmatically inspected it and found that his performance was actually not a major mistake.

He was prepared for the enemy's false surrender. Even if Mu Zhao resorted to such a bitter strategy, the Ming army only sent troops forward after joining forces, and in fact it only traveled about thirty miles.If he had to say that there was a mistake, it should be a misjudgment of the strength of the Bozhou Army. Judging from his marching performance, he seemed to think that the Ming Army after the merger would be sure to win.

Wang Zhihan's Pingyue Guard was the main force of the Ming army in the east of Guiyang. Guo Cheng's troops went north to fight for worship two years ago. The two armies are considered to be strong troops in the south. It is understandable that he has strong self-confidence.

The high probability of misjudgment should be due to the strength of the Banzhou Army.The Bozhou army is similar to other chieftains. When sending troops with the imperial court, it is considered a "face" to send two to three thousand troops. On weekdays, the army strength maintained on the territory for a long time may not exceed [-] to [-].

Under such circumstances, Wang Zhihan is very likely to regard the total strength of the Bozhou Army as 1 to [-], and after deducting some troops that cannot be deployed, he may think that the Bozhou Army can only have more than [-] troops, and it will not exceed [-] troops. Wan, this is troublesome.

Gao Yushi, 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 soldiers, and these soldiers use bamboo spears and the like in the mountains The combat effectiveness of weapons in combat seems to be innate, as long as they are trained in basic military regulations and the like, they can be used in combat.

It's been a while since Yang Yinglong's incident happened, why didn't he plan ahead and make early preparations, and first perform drills for the natives under his command?Huang Zhiting said back then that her family usually maintained at most [-] to [-] wolf soldiers, but if she really wanted to go all out, it would not be surprising to pull out an army of [-].

Gao Wushi also asked Huang Zhiting back then, how the power of the major chieftain families in Guangxi compares with that of Bozhou chieftain?Huang Zhiting's answer is that in terms of military strength, the Yang family in Bozhou is slightly better than the Cen family, and even better than the Huang family.Moreover, the Yang family in Bozhou is close to the hinterland of the "three no-regards" Miao border, and has always had a good relationship with the Miao people. If a war breaks out, the Yang family has a high possibility of getting help from the Miao people.

The second part of Huang Zhiting's answer was added by herself, because she felt that Gao Yushi asked this question because she might want to change his country in Bozhou, so she had to tell him the worst possibility first.

In other words, from her judgment, Bozhou can pull out more than [-] native soldiers in wartime only by relying on its own strength, and there are still Miao people who are difficult to accurately estimate for support.

Her judgment is highly pragmatic and she believes it, because in his previous life, when he read the historical materials of the Three Great Conquests, he had seen that Yang Yinglong had as many as 16 soldiers at the time of the most powerful war.It was precisely because Yang Yinglong's troubles were very serious and happened in the hinterland of the country that Daming had no choice but to make a victorious war to aid North Korea a little anticlimactic - winning was undoubtedly won, but it always felt almost meaningless.

Now the Yang Yinglong Rebellion seems to have broken out ahead of schedule, which obviously disrupted Gao Pragmatic's plan and encountered almost the worst of his "Southwest Plans".However, since there is a plan, then things can still be dealt with.

Gao Wushi took up the post of Mengyuan Jinglue and did not step down as Minister of the Household Department. This is the same as the previous time he played in Ningxia without stepping down as Minister of Rongzheng. It is special for the court, but it also brings some tangible benefits.For example, this time, he can reply in his letter that some official warehouses in the southwest of the Ministry of Household Affairs can open the supply of supplies including military pay, food, ordnance—in fact, this is also a very important point in the purpose of Zhou Yong’s letter, but it is not necessary Just wear it.

In addition to financial and material support, Zhou Yong must also give priority to highly pragmatic opinions on how to use troops in the Southwest.The reason is nothing more than two points: one is that the reputation, status and ability of Gao Yushi in the school of pragmatism are all higher than Zhou Yong. Bian Gong was first born in the southwest, and he obviously had a plan in the southwest, while Zhou Yong was promoted from the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Jiliao to the chief minister, so he was almost oblivious to the situation in the southwest. Arrange randomly according to the booklet of the Ministry of War, and then fight blindly.

So, does Gao Yushi have any ingenious strategies that can easily settle Banzhou?No.

If we only need to press the Bozhou Rebellion, then we may also consider using his reputation to trick Yang Yinglong into "turning the tiger away from the mountain". Although the probability is difficult to guarantee, we can still give it a try.

But the problem is that the Bozhou Rebellion has reached this point, and it has actually been directly linked to the success or failure of Guizhou's reform of the native land, which means that unless there is a way to wipe out the Yang family, it is meaningless to kill Yang Yinglong.His son is still there, and even if it doesn't work, there are still a bunch of relatives such as nephews. It is impossible for the Yang family to sit back and watch the chieftain of Bozhou disappear, and they must resist to the end.

Political means are ineffective, economic means... People's economy is basically self-sufficient, and high pragmatism can't pay for them to cut off their own heads, so the only thing left is to conquer by force.

The Yang family in Bozhou can gather an army of 16. This is a highly pragmatic "difficulty estimate". Although this number may not be reached yet, it is expected that the enemy will be lenient.The Banzhou Army is an internal defense, and the demand for troops is smaller than that of the attacker, so the imperial court may send more than 20 troops.

It is very difficult for the Ming army to dispatch an army of more than 20 in the south. Even if it is forced, most of them are guard soldiers who can only farm and do miscellaneous work. Therefore, these troops are ineffective. When the main force on the side cannot go south to support, it is mainly necessary to find a way from the chieftain.

The southern chieftains of the Ming Dynasty have always been very eye-catching in wars. Whether it is the wolf soldiers of the Tongren, the Miao soldiers, the Yao soldiers, the Tujia soldiers and other native soldiers, they are all troops that the Ming court often requires. It can also be replicated in the First Battle of Banshu.

So Gao Wushi found the Jinghua version of the map of Daming, and began to consider recruiting chieftains from the provinces around Bozhou.It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but you are shocked when you see it. There are more than one toast around Banzhou.

In the north of Bozhou is Chongqing, and in the east of Chongqing there are two great masters, the Shijie Xuanweisi and the Youyang Xuanfusi (the level of the Xuanweisi is higher than that of the Xuanfusi). Looking further east, they are located in the southwestern part of Huguang, which is the "Governor of Pianyuan". Jurisdiction, that is, the Xiangxi area of ​​later generations.This area is even more powerful. There are two Xuanwei Divisions, three Xuanfu Divisions, one Tuzhou Division, and one Chief Law Division.

Guizhou Province is also great. Everyone knows the name of Shuixi Tusi. The Tian family who "Sissow Tian Yang, Guangdong Cen Huang" is here.Although the Sizhou and Sinan Tian family clans have been severely split by the imperial court over the years, there are still a large number of chieftains in various places who are similar to "tweeting" due to Tian's favor. These powers are now available to the imperial court.

The so-called "Four Heavenly Kings" of Guizhou chieftains, An, Song, Tian, ​​and Yang are not easy to provoke, but now that the Yang family is rebelling, the other three are obviously facing different difficulties in choosing—not that they dare to oppose the imperial court. , but the degree of contribution may vary.

Some families have a good relationship with the Yang family, so they will inevitably think that they will not work hard; some families have a mediocre relationship with the Yang family, and may be forced to work because of the thought of killing rabbits and foxes and hurting others; some families may have relations with the Yang family Conflict will be used more smoothly, 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 100 troops, that is tens of thousands of troops. The scale is different.

To the west of Bozhou is Sichuan. The chieftains in northwestern Sichuan have border defense tasks and cannot be moved easily, but the chieftains in southern Sichuan can obviously be transferred at any time.What is the situation of the South Sichuan chieftain?The answer is Zhenxiong, Wumeng, Usa, and Dongchuan, plus the Yongning Xuanfu Division, which 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 backups.Although the chieftains of Guangxi were taken away by Gao Yushi, the strongest Cen and Huang families and some of their affiliated forces, the big chieftains such as the Zhao family and the Li family and their affiliated forces are still among them, and these forces can obviously be transferred.

Moreover, in recent years, due to the development and purchase of Jinghua's timber and tung oil in Guangxi, the economic strength of the chieftains has also increased, and it has become easier to bring their own soldiers and dry food with them. Dare to work hard.Gao pragmatically reckoned that if it was really necessary, it would not be impossible to transfer tens of thousands of wolf soldiers from Guangxi.

As for Yunnan, let alone, for example, when Liu Ting was in charge of guarding southern Yunnan and northern Myanmar, his family had less than [-] soldiers, but he was nominally in charge of [-] chieftain soldiers in the area under his jurisdiction.

Therefore, Gao Wushi drew up the composition of troops for attacking Bozhou according to the ratio of 24% of the Ming army and 17% of the local soldiers.This time the whole army mobilized [-] troops, the Ming army's "economic system army" was about [-], and the chieftain soldiers and horses from each road were about [-]. They were still divided into several roads to advance to encircle and suppress. There are too many, not to mention that there is no road at all on the mountain, and it is basically impossible to walk. The pressure on logistics is so great that the army may starve to death on the road.

Of course, Gao Wushi was also worried that Yang Yinglong would use inside maneuvers and defeat them one by one, so his plan was very similar to Chang Kaishen's third encirclement and suppression at a certain period, using the tactics of "gathering troops thickly, besieging in separate routes, and driving straight in".

To put it simply, the rest of the roads are not weak in gathering troops, but they don't rush forward easily, occupying one place to consolidate one place, advancing layer by layer, and gradually narrowing the encirclement; while the road with Liu Ting's troops as the core is the main attack, going straight from the North Road Inserting to the south, piercing down into the heart of Bozhou like a sharp sword hanging high, this also forced Yang Yinglong's main force to come to a decisive battle, intending to rely on Liu Ting's troops to defeat the core troops of the Bozhou Army head-on.

There is no doubt that the core of this battle is still to be carried out around Liu Ting's headquarters, which is also the purpose of Gao Yushi's transfer of Liu Ting to Sichuan.However, the battle planning is easy to handle, but the political troubles are not so easy to handle. For example, Song Liangzuo lost 8000 to [-] heads in this wave of battle. After the court heard the news, there would definitely be an uproar, and the Practical School would face enormous pressure.

The Practical School is different from the Heart School, relying not on words but on actual results. If you are defeated, you are defeated. The meaning of pleading is actually not that great.However, Song Liangzuo still wanted to keep his hand. Even if he did not consider politics, he had to consider military considerations. At this time, if an official from the non-real school was replaced as the governor of Sichuan, would Gao Wuzhen's current encirclement and suppression strategy be effectively implemented? There will also be doubts.

The failure has already appeared, how to protect it?
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