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"It's a pity!" Yuzhu sighed softly.

Sun Chengyun knew what Yuzhu was thinking, but he didn't dare to say it.

The Shaanxi-Gansu bandits led by Nian Gengyao only harmed southern Henan, northern Hunan, the whole of Hubei and most of Jiangxi, and did not go to Anhui.

What Yu Zhu meant was obviously that the extent of the scourge was far from reaching the expected level.

"Good brother, in my opinion, it is the best policy to accept as soon as you see it. After all, Nian Gengyao has already completed the mission you entrusted to him." Sun Chengyun tried every means to enlighten Yuzhu.

The worse the country gentry suffer, the cheaper the land will be, which will be more conducive to the development of the steam industry in the future.

However, Sun Chengyun is indeed right, it is the right way to accept as soon as you see it.

"Come here, open the middle door. I want to greet them in person." Following an order, the door of Old Tong's house opened with a bang.

When meeting the big gentry from several provinces, in order to appease their emotions, Yuzhu promised everyone in public that he would definitely urge the Pingnan Army to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible.

After getting an affirmative answer, the big gentry left one after another.

After the gentry had left, Yuzhu wrote a letter in his own hand, ordering He Wenda to wipe out Nian Gengyao's bandits as soon as possible.

In fact, after successive defeats, Nian Gengyao now has less than 1 men under him.

The tree will fall, and the hozens will scatter!

Fleeing to southern Jiangxi was actually the fourth brother's suggestion.

At first, Nian Gengyao didn't take the fourth child seriously because of his power.

However, with the continuous defeat, seeing that the pill was gone, the fourth child offered to move to the southern Jiangxi area.

Because the southern Jiangxi region is located at the junction of Jiangxi, Pianyuan (Hunan), Fujian and Guangdong, with many mountains and rugged mountain roads, which is not conducive to the transportation of artillery.

To put it bluntly, what the fourth child meant was that it would be better to simply be a bandit than to die in Jiangsu.

The place in Jiangsu is full of water networks and plains. Once you are surrounded by two rivers, you will definitely die.

If he hadn't lost the battle and his strength was greatly damaged, Nian Gengyao would definitely not listen to the fourth brother's opinion.

Now, seeing that what the fourth child said was very reasonable, Nian Gengyao led his troops and fled into southern Jiangxi.

The soldiers who came to southern Jiangxi were basically Nian Gengyao's confidantes.

Nian Gengyao was not a coward, he fled decisively into the southern Jiangxi area, and successfully escaped He Wenda's pursuit.

Today's Gannan area includes Ganzhou Prefecture, Nan'an Prefecture, Ji'an Prefecture and Ningdu Prefecture.

These three prefectures and one prefecture seem to have a large territory, but the total population is not large.

Why?

More than [-]% of them are mountains, and there are very few plains!
When Nian Gengyao fled into the mountains, He Wenda was completely unable to follow closely and pursue him. The distance between the two armies was quickly widened to more than five days.

After entering the mountainous area of ​​southern Jiangxi, He Wenda knew how powerful he was, so he didn't dare to chase too closely, fearing that he might be caught in an ambush.

After Yuzhu heard the news, he was also very aware of the power of the southern Jiangxi area, so he personally took the guard mark, took a sea boat from Dagukou to the south of Songjiang Mansion, went westward against the Yangtze River, and entered Poyang Lake from Jiujiang. Then follow the Ganjiang River and go straight to Ganzhou Prefecture.

On the official boat wharf of Ganzhou Prefecture, He Wenda and Li Run from the Fourth Town welcomed Yuzhu ashore together.

Yuzhu looked at Li Run who was puzzled, but didn't bother to explain.

To suppress bandits in southern Jiangxi, suppressing is supplemented, and attacking the heart is the top priority.

Neither He Wenda nor Li Run had ever seen the power of guerrilla warfare in the mountains.

Yuzhu was worried that after they were dragged and tired, their vigilance would relax and they would suffer a big loss.

Then the loss outweighs the gain!

The original plan was to drive away tigers and devour wolves.

If it was bitten by a vicious tiger instead, it would be too cost-effective.

The new army was trained by Yu Zhu, so he naturally knew the advantages and disadvantages of the new army.

In the plain area, the new army of over ten thousand with dozens of artillery pieces must be invincible.

However, the mountains are different.

The tactic of queuing up and shooting is only suitable for plains and hilly areas, and is not suitable for fighting in mountainous areas.

With the dead artillery, Nian Gengyao led him by the nose in circles in the big ravine, and if he made a mistake, he would suffer a big loss.

Therefore, Yuzhu heard that Nian Gengyao was going around in the mountains in southern Jiangxi, so he came in person.

After entering the headquarters of the Pingnan Army, Yu Zhu sat down and took a sip of tea, and asked He Wenda with a smile: "Yuan Cheng, Nian Gengyao hid in the mountains, isn't it difficult?"

He Wenda rubbed the back of his head, and said with some annoyance: "To tell you the truth, Nian Gengyao seems to have suddenly opened his eyes. Wherever the terrain is more dangerous, he will lead people to drill there. I am afraid that I may be caught in an ambush by mistake. I didn’t dare to chase too close. As a result, within a few days, I lost him.”

Yu Zhu looked at his beloved general Li Run again, waiting to hear his opinion.

As early as more than ten years ago, Li Run was Yuzhu's personal soldier Goshha, and he must be regarded as his confidant.

Li Run sat upright, thought carefully for a long time, and then said: "Shan Zhang, I also think that Nian Gengyao has suddenly become smarter. Instead of taking the serious road, he insisted on taking the narrow path, forcing us not to go. Dare to chase too close."

Yuzhu nodded. The generals of his new army had previously received training in the tactics of the decisive battle on the plains, and they were completely unfamiliar with the tricks of fighting in the mountains.

In the past, when Yuzhu was the governor of Pianyuan, he had the experience of successfully suppressing bandits in western Hunan.

Therefore, Yuzhu came to Ganzhou this time in person, intending to teach He Wenda and Li Run how to fight in the mountains?

"Listen well, and keep every word I'm going to say firmly in your heart." Yu Zhu prudently told him three times, and then said slowly, "Mountain bandits, the biggest The most important thing is to clearly distinguish who is a thief and who is a citizen."

"When I suppressed thieves in western Hunan, the root cause of my victory was that all the mountain people on the edge and in the mountains were forcibly relocated out, and all the fertile fields within [-] miles of the mountains were destroyed." Yuzhu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then talked eloquently, "As long as there is no food supply, the big thieves will definitely starve into little thieves. After there are fewer thieves, there will be no fear of the CUHK ambush."

He Wenda's eyes lit up, and he sighed heavily: "I'm so confused, I didn't think of such a clever strategy."

Yuzhu smiled slightly. Suppressing bandits since ancient times has never been just a military issue.

To be honest, if the grassroots had enough to eat, who would be willing to be a thief?

Moreover, even if there are thieves in the mountains, they are only petty thieves, and they cannot be thieves with tens of thousands of thieves.

"You chased all the way from Henan, and the big households along the way were harmed by Nian Gengyao a lot, right?" Yuzhu asked He Wenda with a smile.

He Wenda grinned, and said honestly: "Students have carefully calculated that there are at least a few hundred big gentry with more than [-] mu of good land that have been harmed. There are also more than a thousand middle-level gentry with more than [-] mu of land. As for, There are countless little squires with hundreds of acres of land.”

Li Run also added with a smile: "Shan Zhang, as long as Nian Gengyao is full, we will go up and beat him up. Except for the food we grabbed, we will clean up the prisoners and the corpses on the ground. They are all for nothing." What a waste of money."

For a moment, the teacher and the students laughed happily together.

Nian Gengyao snatched all the money and food, so what does it have to do with the officers and soldiers?

These days, the big gentry, at least start out.

All the properties owned by Lord Juren do not need to be taxed.

To put it bluntly, whether or not Nian Gengyao took away the land income of these big gentry, it has nothing to do with the government's fiscal revenue.

On the contrary, after Nian Gengyao robbed things, the officers and soldiers could steal some of them back, which greatly increased Yuzhu's income.

Alas, it is not easy to raise a new army if you are not in charge of the family and do not know the cost of firewood and rice.

One hundred thousand new troops, after one year of support, is a huge expense of more than 800 million taels.

If it weren't for the fact that after the defeat of the old fourteenth, the expenditure of more than 4 Eight Banners soldiers was directly reduced. At the same time, the Fengtai camp also lost nearly [-] Eight Banners soldiers. Too much overhead.

Who is willing to work hard for you if you are not paid enough?

In the green battalion, the generals are used to eating empty salaries and drinking blood.

In normal times, the big soldiers have no way to fight against the officers.When it was time for war, Qiu Ba and the others were not stupid, and took the opportunity to ask for departure fees, make up for several months of salary arrears, and other benefits.

It is obviously not enough to rely on conspiracy and tricks to suppress bandits in mountainous areas.

What Yuzhu taught He Wenda and Li Run was all conspiracy.

Conspiracies can be broken.

Yangmou is very powerful, he can clearly understand it, but find a way to break it, this is the real brilliance!
In addition to forcibly relocating the mountain people and destroying the grain fields on the side of the mountain, the third trick of the Yuzhu Sect is to block the passage from the mountain to the plain for food.

Fourth brother, aren't you willing to hide in the mountains?

Alright, then I will build strong fortresses on the mountain passes where the army can attack, and block them all for you.

At that time, even if you come out from the small path and grab the food, you will not be able to bring it back to the mountains quickly.

Think about it, within [-] miles of the mountain, there is no grain. How can the bandits last for a long time?
At that time, Kang Mazi forced the Han people in the coastal areas of Fujian to move inland for thirty miles, which was actually Yangmou.

However, Kang Mazi's way of doing it was a big heartbreak, and the grassroots people who were forced to move away from the coast were all horrible.

Yuzhu's approach is different.

Nian Gengyao fled all the way from Henan to the southern Jiangxi area. Along the way, there were quite a few tragedies of ruin and death among the wealthy families.

People died, and the large amount of fertile land left behind became Yu Zhu's private land.

Yuzhu is an old bureaucrat, and he is well aware of the darkness and shamelessness of the local government.

If the unowned fertile fields were turned into local official fields, within ten years, most of these fields would be swallowed up.

On the contrary, after these high-quality fertile fields become Yuzhu's private property, it is possible to truly distribute them to farmers in need and immigrants from afar.

When Zhu Chongba founded the country, he once said triumphantly: "I have raised more than one million soldiers, but I don't waste a single silver from the court."

However, Zhu Chongba is still not as clear as Yuzhu.

The military household system of the Weisuo is actually a serf system in disguise.

The military officers will definitely take advantage of the privileges in their hands, unscrupulously exploit the military households under them, and then continue to turn the military fields into their own private fields.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty eventually collapsed, and the military leaders, large and small, embezzled the fields of the self-cultivating farmers.

In addition to the tough policy, Yuzhu also issued a reward, one thief was captured, and five liang of silver was rewarded.

This is another ruthless move, which will be discussed in detail in the next chapter.