Traveler Major League

Chapter 134 Next Step

Zhou Daodeng carefully followed behind the eunuch with his hunched back, and walked step by step. Although he was the head and assistant minister, he was a man with a hand and an eye in the eyes of outsiders, but he was still careful with all necessary people, especially the emperor in the palace. Close to the eunuch, the shape looks like a servant.

It's no wonder that the only good name he left behind in his many years of official career is pretending to be a grandson, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and never taking a step if he can take half a step. This kind of character makes anyone dare to step forward and kick him.

Chongzhen had just ascended the throne as a great treasure before, and he hated the cabinet scholars at that time because most of them were Wei Zhongxian's henchmen.Therefore, the ministers were specially asked to recommend candidates for the replacement. This week, Dowden was selected because of his luck in drawing lots.

After being elected, most people taste the taste of power and then gradually indulge themselves, but this week Dowden is not, he is still pretending to be a grandson and being honest as always.

As soon as he entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Cao Huachun hurriedly came up to him and asked, "Your Majesty is angry. He said Master Zhou is the most honest. If you want to ask you about the disaster in Shaanxi, you have to tell the truth." His voice became weaker, and he walked a few steps Going to Chongzhen's side, he said softly: "Long live, Mr. Zhou has arrived."

At this time Zhou Daodeng was panting heavily, he followed the eunuch leading the way and ran for a while, took several deep breaths before he calmed down, watched Chongzhen turn around, and bowed solemnly: "Your Majesty."

Chongzhen stepped forward to support Zhou Daodeng, and said, "Shaanxi is suffering from severe drought, locust plagues, and many rioters attacking cities and looting villages? How is the situation?"

Seeing His Majesty looking at him anxiously, Zhou Daodeng was sweating from anxiety, not knowing what the other adults had said to His Majesty, and what attitude His Majesty would respond to this matter, he hesitated for a while, Zhou Daodeng still decided To be honest, His Majesty is the biggest in this court anyway, as long as His Majesty protects himself, no one else can do anything about it.

"Your Majesty, according to the report from the Ministry of War, Liu Yingyu, the military commander, led the army to wipe out Wang Er and others who were the first to kill the officials and rebel, and then they were defeated by the rioters Liu Ze. Now Yan'an Mansion is preparing for war. Besides, other places in Yan'an There are also rebellious people, and the old ministers have checked many times, and it is indeed true."

Chongzhen sighed when he heard the words, walked around the hall twice anxiously, and finally said helplessly: "Does Aiqing have a good plan?"

"Your Majesty, there is nothing to be afraid of these rioters. Yan'an is a frontier mansion. Sending out frontier troops can destroy them overnight. The only thing to worry about is the lack of food."

Zhou Daodeng knew very little about the military situation in Yan'an, but he did understand the reasons for the chaos. The chaos began in Wanli and continued until Tianqi. Natural disasters caused food shortages, and soldiers in the army were also short of food and pay, and many deserted troops joined the hungry people as a disaster.

Looking at Chongzhen's face, Zhou Daodeng also knew his difficulties. Now the national treasury is empty and there are shortages everywhere. Even the palace is saving food and clothing, and the expenses have dropped sharply.

As the emperor, Chongzhen lost his mother at the age of five. Although he was the son of the prince, the status of the prince Zhu Changluo at that time was not stable, and the royal family was indifferent. Therefore, he lived a frugal life since he was a child, and almost never enjoyed the family happiness in a commoner's house. He was enthroned at a young age and had no experience, so it was really difficult to make a choice when encountering these urgent matters.

"Liu Yingyu, the deputy general of Yansui, and He Huchen, the deputy general of Yansui, will recover and suppress the thieves within this year, and another five thousand silver will be allocated to the army."

"Here."

In fact, the real situation is much more serious than the military report received by Chongzhen. Since Liu Ze wiped out most of Liu Yingyu in World War I, there has been no large Ming army within a range of nearly [-] kilometers. As long as Liu Ze does not attack the pass of the famous city , Even in a short period of time, no Ming army will take the initiative to trouble him, unless the frontier army is dispatched to the south.

It was not until Liu Ze returned to attack Yijun County that he got new news.

"Gao Yingxiang has raised an army and called him King Chuang. After the incident, he partnered with Wang Jiayin. Now there are riots in many counties and counties in Shaanxi." Zhang Pu cheered while holding the official document.

Everyone in the Yijun County Yamen was beaming. There was not even a serious battle in the county this time. The Ming army received the news early in the morning and fled. It seems that Liu Ze's reputation has spread among the Ming army.

"Everyone, where is our army going to attack next?" Liu Ze asked, pointing at the map at his desk. This map was carefully crafted by Lao Kong and Zhang Pu. The main scope of the map included the entire Guanzhong and Shanxi regions.

"Commander, where are our soldiers? It's said that you want to do what you want." Lao Kong first asked, which means that you must first establish your goals before you can let everyone make suggestions.

After hearing Wang Zhe's explanation, Liu Ze nodded and said: "Although our army has advanced weapons now, the number of people is too small after all, so I want to win the battles as far as Ganquan County in the north, Huanglong County in the east, and Yijun County in the west. All the county towns and villages within the triangle area, and wait for me to trigger the thunder, then gather all the population and supplies, and let’s go back to Hongmaoman’s place. How about it?”

"Why don't you take Tongchuan? The population in the mountains is too small, our army is sharp, and we must conquer. There are more craftsmen in Tongchuan." Zhang Pu asked, he was confident in the fighting power of the people's army, and pointed at Tongchuan. The name of the place, "It is only 130 miles away from Yijun. If you take this place, you will gain more than those counties. Huanglong County, Huangling County, and Luochuan County are all small counties."

Others in the hall nodded in agreement, and even Lao Kong touched his beard and added: "If Tongchuan can be captured, Xi'an will be 140 miles south. If you can stay in the middle of the pass and the mountains and rivers surround the land, then you can defend yourself when you retreat, and you can go forward and surround the Central Plains when you leave the pass."

"We still need to take Hanzhong and Shanxi as the two wings, and Shanxi is the most important. This is the foundation of the world." Lao Kong glanced at the map and continued to add.

These words made everyone's blood boil with excitement, and their faces were full of excitement, as if tomorrow the sun would come out, and they could take over the world. Liu Ze looked at everyone's complacency, but his heart felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured into his heart. Where did these people get their confidence? ?With these thousands of people now?

Liu Ze interrupted everyone's imagination with a cough: "Everyone, if our army encounters enemy cavalry on the plain, can we win?"

"How many cavalry?" someone asked.

"A thousand rides."

It was only at this time that the hall calmed down. Liu Ze's subtext was obvious. The impact of a thousand cavalry could indeed be blocked by the formation. If it was during the march, most of it would be crushed in all likelihood. Even a victory would be a miserable victory.

What about more cavalry?

Three thousand rides?Six thousand rides?
You need to know that although Liu Ze's current team has a single-shot breech rifle, the mobile force only has two infantry companies and one artillery company as the main force. Facing so many cavalry, think again that the German infantry was defeated by the Soviet cavalry during World War II. The miserable appearance of slashing, slashing and killing, you know that it is extremely arrogant to think about taking down Xi'an and seeking Guanzhong.

"Comrades, victory belongs to us, but food needs to be eaten one bite at a time. It's better for us to develop insignificantly now. What we need most now is population and food." Liu Ze glanced at the crowd and stood up under everyone's gaze Come.

Everyone stood up together and looked at Liu Ze, who pointed to a point on the map and said, "I think we need to take Luochuan County all the way first. Do you have any questions?"

"Why do you fight here?" Someone asked, this is the characteristic of the People's Army meeting, everyone can ask and answer questions, it is very democratic, it gathers the wisdom of all people, and puts an end to monotony.

"Luochuan Luochuan, here is the longest river in Shaanxi, that is Luochuan River, our factory needs it to resume production, and this county is located in the center of the target area I just drew, so we must take it first! "

"Then what about the side of our fortress?"

"Give up, that place is in the hills, there is no water source."

(End of this chapter)