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Chapter 318: Manage the Hetao and decide the strategy in Huizhou!

Three sets? Looking at the second uncle that the old god was talking about, Song Yingkui felt that his status as a juren must have delayed him. With this experience, he was enough to be a privy envoy in Dazheng. No wonder he, a sixth-grade petty official, could serve as the governor of Xisu Province. Senior staff.

The three sets are the front set where Yinzhou is located, plus the middle set and back set where Wuyuan and Shuofang are located. They can be collectively referred to as the Yellow River Hetao area.

Youdao is one of the nine meanders of the Yellow River, with only the richest river chain. The land is fertile, the terrain is flat, and the irrigation conditions are good. From the perspective of agricultural development, this place is uniquely endowed.

From a military perspective, the Hetao area and the core hinterland of the Anxi Army can be connected by water transportation on the Yellow River. It should be the most accessible area for the Anxi Army at present. Although the conditions of water transportation on the Yellow River are very poor, it is water transportation after all, and its convenience is far beyond that of land transportation.

In addition to the convenient transportation, Zhongtao and Houtao are close to the grassland. They are both the protrusion of the Central Plains to the north and the protrusion of the grassland to the south. If the Anxi Army sets foot here, the Mimeng people will definitely feel uncomfortable. If it is operated for a long time, it can flank Youyun and completely cut off the Mongolian army's southward march to the Central Plains. It will also be a strategic fulcrum for attacking the grasslands.

In other words, some time ago, Dazheng's censor Zhongcheng Li Zhenggang came over to make suggestions. It was not without merit. However, Song Yingkui considered the chaos in the Central Plains at that time and felt that this idea could not quench his thirst.

If you calm down and think about it carefully, the Central Plains is already in decay, so what's the use of being anxious? It is better to fight slowly and steadily, first stabilize your own strength, and then solve the problem. If your own strength is not enough, just thinking about saving the world is like a toad trying to swallow the sky!

"Uncle, the Hetao area is indeed a strategic location, but it has been away from the Central Plains for a long time and has been harmed by scornful people. It is not easy to recover in a short time!" Although the Hetao area has a good strategic location, the problem is that there are not enough people now. The damage was serious and reconstruction was too difficult. Song Yingkui felt that it would take a long time, which made people a little undecided.

"There are no less than a million people in the Central Plains who have been corrupted and displaced. According to recent statistics, tens of thousands of refugees have flowed into our territory. If it is properly controlled, it will not be a problem to relocate three to five million people within three years. The success will be achieved." Chengyan! By occupying the Hetao, the Anxi Army will have the power to help the world."

Song Yingkui didn't need his second uncle to remind him that there was a shortage of people to develop the Hetao area. Song Yingkui knew that it was no longer a problem at the moment.

However, apart from people, this thing also takes time. Can the Hetao area be fully developed within three years? Song Yingkui was very unsure.

But then I thought about it, why do we need to develop all the Loop area? As long as we concentrate our efforts to restore Yinzhou first, we can continue to go north along the Yellow River.

"Brigade Commander Wei has conquered Liangzhou City, and the Mongolian troops in Liangzhou have fled westward to the Shandan line. Brigadier Wei is going to take a short rest in Liangzhou, replenish ammunition, and lead the main force to continue westward, hoping to regain Ganzhou and surrounding counties as soon as possible. .

In addition, according to the military situation investigated by Brigadier Wei in Liangzhou, the Gaocuning tribe of the Guining Army stationed in Suzhou and Shazhou is still holding on to the city, and the Mongolian army has not captured these two important cities in Hexi. "About ten days after Wei Dadao led his troops westward, the staff sent the latest battle report, and Liangzhou City was retaken.

"Suzhou and Shazhou are still in the hands of friendly forces. This is good news. Send an order to Brigadier Wei to march westward as soon as possible and regain Ganzhou to relieve the remaining Ning army from fighting hard. Of course, be cautious in your actions and do not Reckless.

By the way, did General Wei mention military rations in his battle report? I don’t know if the Gao family’s grain reserves in Liangzhou were left behind. "Liangzhou can be recovered quickly, which can be regarded as the current situation has been initially stabilized. Song Yingkui couldn't help but sigh." Brigadier Wei mentioned it in the battle report. He said that the Mongolian army fled westward in a hurry, and in Liangzhou Not much was brought out from the city's looting. In the Battle of Liangzhou, about 400,000 shi of grain was seized. The army marched westward without worry. He asked for instructions on what to do with the extra grain.

Furthermore, when Liangzhou was conquered and restored, the Liangzhou nobles and most of the surrendered troops who originally surrendered to the Mongolian army were captured by our army before they had time to escape. I would like to ask the commander for instructions on how to deal with these people. "

"Those who surrendered to the Mongolian army, except for a few principal criminals who were captured and taken to Huizhou for trial, the rest of the personnel were exempted from prosecution and were ordered to return to their hometowns to self-examine. As for the captured grain, enough was reserved for military use, and the rest was provided by the Administrative Department The officials who took over were responsible for distributing the money to the people according to each household to appease the damage caused by this military disaster." Liangzhou City had just been restored, and it was necessary to win over people's hearts as soon as possible to show the difference between the Anxi Army and the Guining Army. The hundreds of thousands of stones of grain seized could just be enough. use.

After explaining to the headquarters the next military arrangements after the recovery of Liangzhou, Song Yingkui called his second uncle and asked him to arrange administrative officials to take over the political affairs of Liangzhou as soon as possible.

There is another troublesome issue in taking over the political affairs of Liangzhou. How should the Gao family settle down? It is unrealistic to completely abandon it.

After careful consideration, Song Yingkui decided to let Gao Cunhu serve as deputy minister of the Ministry of Administration and hang him up first. In addition, Gao Cunning, who was far away in Suzhou, was appointed as the commander of the fifth brigade of the Anxi Army. After the Anxi Army regained Ganzhou and contacted his troops, he would carry out regular reorganization and defense changes for his troops.

The remnants of the Guining Army currently in Huizhou were reorganized into an independent cavalry regiment, and all officers above the squad leader were replaced by members of the Anxi Army. Some of the officers who originally returned to the Ning Army were assigned to serve in government affairs departments, while others were trained in military academies. After the training was completed, they were awarded the rank according to the size of their original military positions and their performance during the training period.

Gao Cunning, who is far away in Suzhou, may not be able to accept such an arrangement. After all, he still has a fighting force at his disposal. Song Yingkui planned to ask his wife Gao Cunzhen to write an autographed letter to Gao Cunning, and at the same time he also wrote an autographed letter to Gao Cunning, using reason and emotion to see if he could be persuaded.

If you can persuade him to actively cooperate, that would be ideal. If you can't persuade him, it won't harm the overall situation. Anyway, it is a big strategy to fully accept Hexi. If the soft one doesn't work, then use the hard one.

In order to unify people's hearts and clarify the direction, Song Yingkui summoned all the counselors of the Governor's Office in Huizhou and held a temporary counselors' meeting.

"In the next three years, the established strategic direction of our Anxi Governor's Office is to stabilize and manage all the hinterland including Hexi and Hepingqing, and accumulate strength to stabilize the world. At the same time, we must establish and train more than 60,000 masters within three years. War soldiers and horses, so as to launch strategic decisive battles with the Mongol army in Hetao and Guanzhong to determine the situation.

In dealing with the relationship with Dazheng, as long as the Zheng army is willing, our army will regard it as a friendly force and will not take the initiative to attack Dazheng's existing territory and troops. Of course, if they violate our territory, we will resolutely fight back. .

Recently, the Ministry of Public Affairs and Property and the Ministry of Administration officially sent personnel to Dazheng to discuss with the leading officials and military generals who can make the decision, so as to restore trade routes as soon as possible and normalize trade between the two sides.

In view of Zheng Jun's current predicament of lack of money and ordnance, Taoyang Bank can provide them with loans for ordnance, horses and silver. Of course, they have to pay for it with goods. Zheng Jun can use the cotton harvested after autumn, Tea, cane sugar, silk and other items were returned to the loan. "

(End of this chapter)