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Chapter 174 Pendus’ plan

While discussing with Lin Feng and others to defend against the enemy, Peng Qing, the commander-in-chief of the imperial court's counter-rebellion army and commander of the Shaanxi capital, also held a military council meeting in Jiazhou to discuss matters related to attacking Lin Feng's rebels.

The lobby of Jiazhou Prefectural Government has been converted into a temporary headquarters. There is a map of Jiazhou hanging on the wall. However, this map is completely rough and can only reflect the approximate location. This is also due to the lack of accuracy of ancient maps. Common problems with measurement.

Peng Qingduan, the commander of the capital, sat behind the desk in the lobby. Yuan Qin, the commander of the Yan'an Guard, Cui Zhixiao, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, Chen Jiace, the magistrate of Jiazhou, Cao Xiong, the governor of the capital, and generals with more than a thousand households were sitting on both sides.

Peng Qing picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then said: "Everyone, Lin Feng, the magistrate of Fugu County, openly raised the flag to rebel and occupied Fugu and Shenmu counties. The court was furious. The emperor ordered me, Shaanxi, to organize and quell the rebellion as soon as possible, and ordered me to preside over this matter. To quell the chaos, today we will hold a military meeting to discuss countermeasures. Next, let’s first ask Jiazhou to introduce the enemy’s situation.”

Chen Jiace, the magistrate of Jiazhou, heard this and said: "Since the Lin bandits rebelled, we, Jiazhou, have done our best to detect their hidden dens in the city and captured Chen Xiong, the person in charge of Jiazhou. After interrogation, we have basically figured out the Lin bandits." Strength.

The rebel army led by Lin Thief is called Zhenming Army, which consists of one cavalry battalion, two guard battalions, and two garrison battalions. Each battalion has 500 troops, totaling five battalions with more than 2,500 people.

The Lin Thieves attach great importance to firearms, and one of the guard battalions under their jurisdiction is equipped with firecrackers. Some Mongolians were recruited into the cavalry battalion and had certain combat capabilities.

The garrison battalions were adapted from the original Fugu County urban civilian troops, and their combat power should be limited. "

"Okay, the enemy situation detected by Jiazhou is very important. It gives us a clearer understanding of the strength of the Lin thieves. If you can successfully criticize the rebellion in the future, I will definitely give you a credit." Peng Qing affirmed. In war, know yourself and the enemy. Extremely important.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Du Si!" Chen Jiace was now afraid of being held accountable and urgently needed to accumulate some credit.

"Now that the enemy's situation is initially clear, even if the forest thieves will expand part of their army after capturing the sacred tree, they will be new recruits, and the strong men captured by force may not help them fight. Let's discuss how to quell the chaos based on the enemy's strength. ." Peng Qing continued.

"Sir, the border of Mojianguan Shenmu is naturally divided by the Quyechuan River. It is estimated that the forest thieves will also make defensive arrangements along this river.

Crossings can be organized at both the north and south ends of the river. The general suggested that we attack in two directions so that we cannot take care of both ends and defeat the forest bandits in one fell swoop. "Yan'an Guard Commander Yuan Qin, as a local general, showed his familiarity with the terrain.

"Lord Dusi, I have no objections to military operations. Since the Lin bandits are limited in strength and only have less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and my counter-rebellion army has more than 10,000 people, I suggest that we use thunderous force to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.

At the end of April and the beginning of May, this is the time when there is a lean period. The state capital is extremely short of money and food, and it is difficult to supply the army. Please make a quick decision. " said Cui Zhixiao, a fellow magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture.

The Chief Envoy of Shaanxi assigned the task of ensuring food and fodder to the army to the Yan'an Prefecture, but now the landlords had no food left. The Yan'an Prefecture was eager to quell the rebellion in three to five days, otherwise they would go bankrupt.

"Sir, consider that the Shenmu border is long and the forest thieves have limited troops. Setting up defenses everywhere will disperse the troops. On the court's side, the supply of food and grass is under great pressure, so it is not suitable for long-term operations.

Therefore, the final general suggested launching an attack from the southern end of Shenmu, breaking through the Quyechuan River defense line in one fell swoop, and then attacking Shenmu and Fugu in two directions. The Lin bandits would not have enough troops to stop them. As long as they conquered two counties, the rebellion would be over. " Cao Xiong, the commander of the capital, suggested.

After listening to everyone's speech, Peng Qing stood up and walked to the map to look at it again and again. Then he pointed at the southern end of Quye River and asked, "I think the terrain here is relatively flat. Is it suitable for a large army to cross the river?"

Yuan Qin also stood up and replied: "Sir, this is where the Quyechuan River joins the Yellow River. The surrounding terrain is indeed relatively flat, suitable for a large army to cross the river."

"Is there any other suitable place to cross the river?" Peng Qing asked next.

"The middle part of the Quyechuan River has relatively steep sides, which is not suitable for large armies to cross the river. It has to go to the upper reaches of the river, near Shenmu County, to be suitable for large armies to cross the river, but this is probably also the focus of the forest bandits' defense." Yuan Qin continued.

"Okay, after listening to everyone's opinions, I decided to launch an attack from the south end of the Quyechuan River. After breaking through the river defenses, I continued the attack in two groups. One group will be led by me personally to attack Fugu County, and the other group will be led by Cao Xiong to attack Shenmu. County." "The last general takes command!" Cao Xiong finally had the opportunity to lead the army independently and replied happily.

"Although we are mainly attacking the southern end, we must also conduct a feint attack in the north to contain the Lin bandits' defensive strength. The Yan'an Guards will be responsible for the feint attack in the north, which is also easier to command.

Of course, a feint attack does not mean a lack of attack. If the Lin thieves move all their troops to the south, the feint attack can turn into a real attack. Yuan Qin, do you understand? "

"The general understands!" Yuan Qin replied. He was also very happy to be able to lead the army alone, so that he would be more sure of making meritorious service or saving his life.

"Sir, the army has left. Do you want to consider the defense of Jiazhou?" Chen Jiace asked with a little refreshment.

"Haha, Chen Zhizhou is too cowardly. This Lin bandit has only such a small force and is suppressed by our 10,000 troops. How dare he split his troops to attack Jiazhou? Even if his attack is successful, they will no longer have their base in Fugu. Really?" Yuan Qin mocked unceremoniously.

"Don't worry, Chen Zhizhou. When our army attacks, we will definitely leave some rear troops to guard the base camp and guard the grain road. Lin's large force will definitely not be able to get through. Small groups of thieves, state government's Zhuangban and Minzhuang Just strengthen the precautions." Although Peng Qing had always been cautious in using troops, he felt that Chen Jiace was overly worried.

"Your Excellency has said so, so I am relieved." Chen Jiace replied.

"Do you have any other opinions?" Peng Qing finally asked.

"I'll wait and have no objection!" the officials replied.

"Okay, we will act on this strategy. I will emphasize two things again. One is that all ministries must make preparations for war, especially food and grass must be in place to ensure that the army will set off in three days.

The other is to pay attention to confidentiality. Military secrets must not be disclosed to the outside world. If anyone leaks this strategy, I will not be lenient. "Peng Qing explained.

"We understand!" everyone replied.

The imperial court's strategy to quell the rebellion was established. Under Peng Qing's strong request and the supervision of the Shaanxi Provincial Envoy Si Yamen, the various departments of the state government and the health center finally took action.

However, the soldiers at the guard station usually neglected to train and were seriously underpaid. This man came under pressure, but his morale was very low.

The Yan'an Prefecture assumed the task of quelling the chaos in the supply of money and food, and complained endlessly. In the past few days, Shaanxi has been in turmoil with wars and natural disasters. Government treasuries at all levels are empty, and there is no food left.

The Yan'an Prefecture immediately put half of the grain and grass supply pressure on Jiazhou. Who knew that it was you, Jiazhou, who was in trouble? It's okay if you don't contribute to your own affairs.

Two of the three counties under the jurisdiction of Jiazhou were occupied by Lin Feng, and they were even more short of money and food.

But there was no other way. Under the forced order of the Shangguan, Chen Jiace, the governor of the state, could only order to summon the big households in the city to force the apportionment. Of course, he did not want to get involved in such an offending job, so the job fell to Zhang Yingjie, the only fellow governor of the state government. superior.

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