Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 507 Rehabilitate

The chieftain rebellion that occurred in the southwest border has always been in Zhu Youxiao's mind. No matter how complicated the affairs were, every once in a while, Zhu Youxiao would request corresponding memorials from the Military Affairs Council to ensure that the soldiers fighting on the front line were safe. There will be no problems in suppressing the rebellion due to insufficient supplies of food and grass, or shortages of other military supplies.

Compared with the Jianlu rebellion in Liaodong, the chieftain rebellion in the southwest border was actually much more difficult to suppress. The complex and steep terrain and the single and narrow transportation base made it much more difficult.

No matter how you put it, Liaodong is surrounded by the sea on three sides. In addition to the option of land transportation, you can also activate a dedicated sea transportation line. Whether it is to provide various assistance to Liao, or to launch a counterattack from the military level, what advantage does it have? They are all beyond the control of Jianlu.

That's exactly it.

This made Zhu Youxiao adopt a strategic plan of gradually suppressing the Jianlu rebellion. He did not strive to completely resolve the Jianlu rebellion in one battle at the expense of consuming national power. Instead, he used the Eight Banners of Jianlu as a whetstone to pass a series of Various regional wars, including confrontations, fierce battles, and tug-of-wars, gradually promoted the reform of the Ming army, allowing Liaodong to use war to support war and prepare for future reconstruction.

When the above-mentioned plans are implemented one by one, if the Ming Dynasty wants to suppress the Jianlu rebellion, it does not need to mobilize a large number of manpower, material and financial resources from areas outside Liaodong. It can solve the Jianlu rebellion in one fell swoop with the support of Liaodong alone, and Launching offensives against Jianzhou Sanwei, Horqin, Nuergan, North Korea and other places completed Zhu Youxiao's final plan.

The same reason.

If the provinces located in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty can undergo a suppression of rebellion and bring about major changes in the local areas, while solving the internal problems and launching an offensive on the Indochina Peninsula, then many problems can be transferred through external campaigns. Even accumulated disadvantages will no longer be accumulated disadvantages, but will be transformed into help!

Just the chieftain soldiers in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places, if they are fed and paid enough, they are notorious for not risking their lives when fighting.

If the foreign army thus formed expands southward, it will not even need to adapt to the climate. As long as it can provide food and military supplies for the expedition, not to mention sweeping the countries in the Indochina Peninsula, at least in the land of Indochina, there are few An existence that can compete with Ming Dynasty!

But all of this must have a strong center, otherwise everything is just a castle in the air and cannot stand the test at all.

"She Ni was besieged in Yongning. After several battles, She Ni's rebels suffered heavy losses."

"Then take advantage of this Sichuan-Guizhou rebellion to wipe out all the bandits in Sichuan in one fell swoop!"

Wei Guangxu, Minister of the Military Academy and Counselor to the Prime Minister in the Study Room, looked a little excited. He stepped forward and said: "Before this memorial is sent to Beijing urgently, the Siwei Battalion stationed in Hanzhong Prefecture has been ordered to go to Sichuan to clean up the bandits in various places. To ensure the stability of the Kawachi grain road."

Zhu Youxiao said in a sonorous tone: "There are still such existences under my Ming Dynasty. This is simply a provocation to the imperial court. I feel relieved to leave the responsibility of suppressing bandits to the Siweiying."

"There have always been bandit forces of varying sizes in various places under the jurisdiction of Sichuan. Many of them even stay in dangerous places and often harass the local areas. Sichuan Yousi once organized a cleanup, but for various reasons, they finally obtained The results are not particularly significant.”

"indeed."

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the map of the southwestern provinces in front of him, "It is already unrealistic for She Ni to launch a counterattack. After several battles were fought, the army was commanded by Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan and Guizhou, and Qin Liangyu, the governor of Sichuan. , has completely established its prestige in Kawachi, which is a big shock to Kawachi’s rule.”

"In the name of the Military Affairs Council, I send an official letter to the grain inspector stationed in Hanzhong, asking the four tribes of Cao, Zhou, Sun, and Huang to suppress the bandits. I want to hold a public trial in the local area and kill the bandit leaders. Anyone with blood on their hands Kill them all, gather the rest together, and transfer them to Hanzhong to serve as corvees to atone for their sins!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wei Guangxu immediately bowed in response. "I don't know if Guizhou has achieved a victory similar to that of Sichuan." After explaining the matters in Sichuan, Zhu Youxiao focused on Guizhou.

Minister Jin Xuan of the Military Academy stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, based on the information previously known, Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan and Guizhou Admiral Lu Qin have found out the actual situation in Guizhou and recruited a group of chieftain soldiers in Guizhou and organized them according to the organizational structure. stand up."

"However, the terrain in Guizhou is much more complicated than that in Sichuan. A large-scale suppression of the rebellion has not yet begun, but the encirclement around the Shuixi area is in a tight tightening situation."

"What about your food and grass supply?"

Zhu Youxiao did not ask about the deployment at the military level, but instead asked about logistical support. For Zhu Youxiao, he would not easily intervene in local suppression. After all, if we really want to understand, Wang Sanshan and Lu Qin must know the actual situation in Guizhou. He knew far more than his great emperor.

Wang Sanshan and Lu Qin have the final say on how to fight the war in Guizhou.

The chieftain rebellion in the southwest cannot be quickly suppressed by urging the court. The more this happens, the more likely it is to make mistakes, because once the mentality of rushing to suppress pervades, there will inevitably be mistakes.

"The front command for grain control in Hanzhong has been established in Huguang. It is responsible for the raising and transshipment of grain, grass and military supplies in Guizhou." Jin Xuan bowed his head slightly and said: "However, since the rebellion in Sichuan and Guizhou, except for the southwestern places, In addition to the increase in grain prices in China, grain prices in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places also increased."

"This is inevitable."

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said: "Let Sun Chuanting and the others watch the solution. What the Military Academy, the Shaofu and other departments have to do is to make every effort to ensure the allocation of gold and silver in front of the grain inspector."

"In addition, I am giving instructions to Sun Chuanting, asking him to meet some of his daily operational needs based on the proceeds from the suppression of bandits. In addition, whoever is involved with these bandits will be arrested and killed when necessary. No need to consider anything else. "

"The minister obeys the order!"

Jin Xuan bowed in response.

Bandits active in local areas, especially those in barren areas, must have group support as long as they exist for a long time.

No matter what happened to Zhu Youxiao in the past, since he took over the Ming Dynasty, some rules should be broken!

“It’s time to put vindication on the agenda.”

Zhu Youxiao, who was staring at the map in front of him, frowned slightly at this moment and said to himself: "The court should not let those who have made meritorious deeds feel cold. It just so happens that the current situation is not restless, so I will add some information to you. , I want to see what other moves you can come up with!"

(End of this chapter)