Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 327
The third day of May in the 28th year of Wanli.

Huang Laifu led the two towns to set off all the way, passing through Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces for thousands of miles. After two months of trekking by land and water, they arrived at Chongqing, an important military town in Sichuan, on the third day of May.

At this time, the mountain city was already heavily guarded. There were large military camps for tens of miles outside the city, with high fences and deep trenches. The city of Chongqing was also full of busy soldiers and civilians.

In May of last year, the rebel army supervised by Yang Yinglong besieged Qijiang City. After the city was broken, they took all the property and children of the warehouses in the city, and threw their corpses into the river. The water was red.Although after the incident, the rebellious army retreated to the Sanxi of the Qijiang River.However, because Qijiang City is only one day away from Chongqing, what the rebels did still shocked Chongqing. Li Hualong, the governor of Pingbo at that time, urgently called on the Songpan General Bingwan to move to Chongqing, and mobilized Zhenxiong and Yongning. Han and local soldiers went to Chongqing to set up defenses.

By the first month of this year, Yang Yinglong had tens of thousands of troops again, and the five forces went out to attack Longquan Division, but they were defeated when they moved to capture Wuzhou and withdrew to Longquan.At this time, Governor Li Hualong has been stationed in Chongqing urgently, and he has dispatched Han and Turkish troops day and night to garrison key cities such as Yucheng, Nanchuan, Hejiang, and Luzhou. .Li Hualong used tricks again, but Yang Yinglong really asked for comfort with a letter, but he couldn't delay.

But even though Yang Yinglong was powerless to attack, the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty were also powerless to quell the chaos, so the two sides remained in a stalemate.As Governor Li Hualong's garrison site, and within the threat range of the Qijiang Bozhou garrison, coupled with the unfavorable progress of the war, the tense and dull atmosphere in Chongqing is understandable.

Huang Laifu led the troops of the two towns to break the dull and stalemate atmosphere. From entering the territory of Chongqing government to entering the city of Chongqing, the crowds of onlookers and cheering never stopped. After hearing the arrival of Huang Laifu's army, the army's morale was greatly boosted.

Over the years, Huang Laifu has been famous far and wide. With his arrival, the chances of victory in the army's suppression of the rebellion will be a little more guaranteed. Moreover, the military appearance of the troops in the two towns did not disappoint the soldiers and civilians who were watching.

Since the end of last year, the troops of the two towns of Datong Town, Shanxi Township have distributed sufficient food and salaries. Coupled with a series of rectifications, the military style of the two towns can be said to be completely new.Moreover, after the troops of the two towns passed a series of three-level assessments, Huang Laifulai's anti-insurgency troops were all strong first-class troops, and their armor and equipment were bright, which was much weaker than those in the southwest. The Guards Army is naturally quite different.That kind of elite appearance makes people full of confidence at first sight.

The Southwest soldiers and civilians have long heard that the Nine Frontiers are strong, among which the Shanxi Army is the most elite, especially the [-] armored flintlock soldiers who came forward proudly from the Huang Laifu Biao Battalion to resist bayonets, which made everyone curious and amazed.Right now this army is already the protagonist among storytellers from all over the Ming Dynasty, Ping Ningxia, and there are two Korean Wars, how can we do without this army?Being able to see it with their own eyes this time naturally made everyone excited.

After Huang Laifu's army entered the city of Chongqing, the people who greeted them on both sides can be described as a sea of ​​people.Of course, for Huang Laifu's arrival, ordinary people, soldiers and civilians around Chongqing cheered happily, and there were many people with mixed feelings.

After Huang Laifu arrived in Chongqing, in order to show his importance to Huang Laifu, the new governor, and to be honest, he was also curious about Huang Laifu in his heart. , They also went out of Chongqing several miles to greet each other in person, and welcomed Huang Laifu into the Chongqing official office.

After entering the official office, the two parties sat down, greeted each other and looked at each other.

The three of them looked at Huang Laifu, and Huang Laifu also looked at them. They saw that the former Governor Li Hualong was less than fifty years old, with a burly figure, three long beards, and a majestic and shrewd look. .

Huang Laifu knew that Li Hualong still had some skills. Although the frontline military was not good at this time, in history, he led the army to put down the Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Bozhou. Now he stepped in and took away his power, especially He is still a martial artist, which naturally makes him dissatisfied.

And now that Huang Laifu has taken office, Li Hualong can only go back to serve as his governor of Sichuan.For Li Hualong, who is proud and arrogant, this is a humiliation of demotion, which makes him unable to hold his head up in front of many people, and he has some negative thoughts in his heart.

As for the governor of Guizhou, Guo Zizhang... the original governor of Guizhou was Jiangdongzhi, but after Qijiang was broken last year, coupled with a series of military disadvantages, Emperor Wanli was furious, so he chased after Tan Xisi, the governor of Sichuan, and Jiangdong, the governor of Guizhou. The people also ordered Tiqi to arrest soldiers and prepare Wang Yide to go to Beijing to punish him. He also gave a sword and offered a reward, and ordered Li Hualong to attack. Under this background, Guo Zizhang was crowned the governor of Guizhou.

Guo Zizhang is naturally ambitious and wants to make a big career out of a new important task. He is not yet sixty now, so he will not let this opportunity pass.Speaking of Guo Zizhang, he was also a capable person in history. He also contributed a lot to the suppression of the Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Bozhou.After Li Hualong was dismissed from the post of governor, he once saw the hope of taking the position, but in the end the seat was won by a young warrior like Huang Laifu, which naturally made him feel dissatisfied.

However, he has been in the officialdom for many years, of course he will not underestimate this Huang Laifu, this guy, in the past few years, has suddenly become turbulent. The high positions of the two towns are rare in the history of the country.

Especially his financial management ability, not to mention the orderly management of the territory by a single warrior, he is also very bold, and he always collects and releases several million taels of expedition bonds. The debt of two silver is still calm. In this regard, Guo Zizhang thinks that he is far inferior.

Some time ago, before the arrival of Huang Laifu's army, the huge grain convoys from the two towns of Datong, Shanxi Province had already rolled in from both water and land in advance. I heard that these grain convoys were collected by merchants and sold with flat broadcast bonds as capital. Transported here, this novel method of using other people's money and food for his own benefit, and others are scrambling to serve him, has attracted the attention of the Chongqing government and made Guo Zizhang think deeply.

Various matters, so although Huang Laifu is young, Guo Zizhang does not underestimate Huang Laifu.Of course, because Huang Laifu was a warrior, and he supported Emperor Wanli's mining and taxation, and he also opened a mine in Datong Town, Shanxi Town, so he can be said to be criticized by many literati, and even more so in conservative places in the southwest. is not good.

As a senior scholar, Guo Zizhang naturally pays attention to influence, and he has to keep a distance from Huang Laifu, and if Huang Laifu wants to drive himself, he must have some skills, and he has to pay some price.Thinking of this, Guo Zizhang looked at Huang Laifu while secretly calculating in his heart.

Finally, there is Zhi Dake, the governor of Huguang. Historically, he was a submissive person, and he did not perform outstandingly in suppressing the Yang Yinglong rebellion in Bozhou. Huang Laifu's eyes flashed on him.

The two sides had already chatted and looked at each other. Now that the military affairs are urgent, Huang Laifu quickly got to the point.

Huang Laifu sat upright, and said solemnly: "The governor was ordered by the emperor to pay me the great cause of pacifying the thieves in the Southwest. Fu is deeply grateful for the burden, and it can be said that he is afraid day and night, lest he miss the emperor's great trust. He is ugly and arrogant. It has been several years since Lai Fu first arrived in Chongqing and was puzzled by the incident. The three adults have been in the southwest for a long time, and they know a lot about the incident. Rely on the three adults to work together to decide what to do."

As he spoke, he sat on his seat and saluted slightly.

I was a little surprised in my heart that this young new governor didn't have the rudeness of a warrior when he spoke, but seeing Huang Laifu, Li Hualong, Guo Zizhang, and Zhi Dake sitting high on the top seat, their eyes were full of jealousy. This seat, The three of them all wanted to sit down, but right now they belonged to Huang Laifu, a warrior, especially Li Hualong... After the three of them were a little polite, they returned to the silent situation.

The coldness and coldness of the scene can be seen, it seems that the few literati officials in front of me are very dissatisfied with themselves, are they planning to obey others in the future?However, as a military commander, Huang Laifu has seen this kind of situation a lot when he is in charge of civil servants on weekdays. He just said calmly: "At present, the governor is in charge of the military affairs in the Southwest, so as to suppress the traitors, so that no one will slip through the net and cause future troubles." What do the three adults have to say about this matter of suppressing thieves?"

After a while, Li Hualong said in a deep voice: "Right now the thieves are in full swing. The officers and soldiers fear the thieves like tigers. In the past, the lower officials only used tricks to slow down the thieves and use nice words to flirt with them. However, the governor's reputation is far-reaching, and now he is leading an army to come, presumably The thieves are frightened, and things can be decided!"

Huang Laifu sneered secretly in his heart, Li Hualong didn't say what he said, it seemed that he was determined to be the shopkeeper.

He turned to Guo Zizhang, the governor of Guizhou, and Guo Zizhang said: "What Mr. Li said is very true. The Governor-General is famous far and wide. As long as you give him a strategy, things will be decided in the near future. But there is a saying that the emperor does not send hungry soldiers. After several years in the Southwest In the war, the army has long been poor and the people are lacking, especially in the land of Guizhou, which is a low-ranking official, there is even a lack of equipment, food and grass, and I hope the governor can make up for it!"

Huang Laifu nodded. Although the governor of Guizhou asked him for food and salary, he finally said something practical.It is easy to talk about food and weapons, as long as you are willing to fight.

Zhi Dake, governor of Huguang, said with a smile: "As Lord Guo said, the lower officials are like the gangsters, how can they be a thunderbolt by the governor. The governor only needs to give the strategy, and the lower officials have nothing to do. But the soldiers We also have to eat and drink enough to kill the enemy, right?"

Huang Laifu sneered, well, let’s not talk about strategies and opinions, it seems that flat farming is only his own business, and he kept asking himself about food, grass and equipment before he went to war. Fortunately, he had prepared flat farming in advance. Bonds, grain, grass, and military equipment are all self-provided, and there is no need to collect them from these three provinces, and they themselves determine the power to dispatch money, grain, and equipment for the entire army.Otherwise, as in the past, the civil servants will manage the food, grass and supplies, and the food and grass supply of a large army alone, I don't know how long this battle will last.

Since you don't have any military strategy ideas, then you can make all your own decisions.

He said indifferently: "It's easy to talk about money, food and equipment. The officers and soldiers of all ministries are killing thieves for the country. Naturally, the governor will not favor one or the other. He will supply them in full, so that the soldiers will not suffer from hunger and cold. However, exterminating traitors is a major event for the country, and all ministries must do so." Work bravely, if there is negligence or ineffectiveness in combat, the laws of the country are in place, and we will never tolerate it!"

Speaking of which, Huang Laifu suddenly got up and walked away, leaving the three people in the hall looking at each other, secretly regretting.

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On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Huang Laifu had been in Chongqing for three days.

In the past few days, apart from handing over military affairs with the former governor Li Hualong, Huang Laifu was checking the pond newspapers in the government office, looking through the military books and accounts in various places in the Southwest, and analyzing the military intelligence gathered from various places with the accompanying staff and staff. The civilian and military generals near Banzhou were not summoned again to discuss military affairs, nor did they issue any orders.

Many people couldn't figure out Huang Laifu's mind, and didn't know what the well-known current young governor was thinking, and he was hiding quietly in the official office.Even the current Governor of Sichuan, Li Hualong, Governor of Guizhou, Guo Zizhang, and Governor of Huguang, Zhi Dake, are all uneasy. They don’t know what this Huang Laifu means.

However, although Huang Laifu has not moved in the past few days, their logistics and food teams are still rolling in from all over the country, bringing a large number of food, grass and military equipment, and all of them are gathered in Chongqing Mansion. Judging from the huge number, it seems that they can satisfy everyone in Bozhou. The supply of soldiers.Seeing Huang Laifu doing this, the generals in the southwest were amazed. It turned out that Huang Laifu could fight like this.

The reason why the Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Bozhou has spread for several years is actually inseparable from the difficulty in supplying food and grass to the Southwest Army.Except for Sichuan, the three southwestern provinces are all barren land, and there are many mountains, which shows the difficulty in the transportation of food and salaries.In normal times, the food and grass supplies of the army in several provinces have to be levied and provided by the three provinces. Everyone pushes the blame from each other. In the end, the food and salaries of the army are always insufficient. .

Now Huang Laifu directly ignores the supply of the three provinces and solves the problem of food and pay for the army by himself. While most of the officials of the three provinces who heard the news were very happy, they also felt some complicated and disappointed emotions in their hearts, as if they were no longer important. Usually, this kind of collection and distribution of food and grass is the biggest weapon for civil officials to restrain warriors.

There are also some people who are waiting and watching, they don't believe, how much is the food supply for the 20 army, can Huang Laifu make up for it by himself?Let's see if he asks for it on his own head.

On the seventh day of the lunar new year, Huang Laifu suddenly issued a large number of governor's orders. First, he appointed the main soldiers and generals in the three provinces, all of whom were Han soldiers.At this time, the situation in the three provinces, especially Sichuan, is that there are thousands of miles of fertile fields, surrounded by mountains, surrounded by chieftains.In the past, there were no generals in Sichuan, so the chieftains could only be used as generals, and all the conquests depended on the chieftains.Although there are loyal and obedient generals among the chieftains, there are also people who are connected with Yang Yinglong and other rebellious troops in Bozhou and secretly colluded with each other. The chaos of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou lasted for several years, which is not unrelated to the secret communication of these people.

At present, reinforcements from various provinces have arrived in the Chongqing area one after another since the beginning of the year. There are more than 20 troops in the three provinces, which is sufficient, allowing Huang Laifu to have troops at his disposal.And Huang Laifu's move also got rid of his dependence on the chieftain in the enlistment.

If Huang Laifu doesn't make a song, he will be a blockbuster.His actions naturally aroused great repercussions. In the past, this kind of troop mobilization was often difficult. Without him, even if the troop moved, it would cost a lot of food, but at this time a large number of food teams gathered in the Chongqing government , for Huang Laifu well protected this problem.

Of course, although Huang Laifu is well-known and has sufficient food and salary as a lure, at this time, it is common practice for the army to suppress chaos everywhere. When he was a civil servant and military general, Huang Laifu encountered the problem that many people were hesitant to move forward, and they found various reasons to evade.

At this time, Huang Laifu showed his tough tactics. Before Huang Laifu came to Sichuan, Emperor Wanli had given him the Shangfang Sword: "Those who do not want to be killed will be punished. Civil and military have no size or distance, but deployment. Soldiers, horses, money, food and equipment. Scheduling." With Shang Fang's sword, Huang Laifu acted vigorously and punished several disobedient civil and military generals one after another. Among these people, there were several local civil servants who participated in politics and councils, Huang Chongxiao, a Huguang general, and Guizhou General Soldier Tong. In Yuanzhen, General Xie Chongjue and others were severely punished by Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu's actions shocked everyone, this Huang Laifu is really a powerful character.Since then, throughout the Battle of Bozhou, Huang Laifu has investigated and impeached generals several times, which made all the military officials in the three provinces stand in awe, and obeyed Huang Laifu's orders awe-inspiringly.

Of course, apart from punishment, Huang Laifu did another thing.It is to re-use Liu Ting, the former general soldier of Sichuan. Liu Ting once fought with Huang Laifu in the second Korean War. In the 27th year of Wanli, he returned to China to participate in the suppression of the Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Bozhou. He was dismissed and changed to Nanjing Youfu Qianshu.

Huang Laifu knew that Liu Ting was a powerful figure, he had seen it himself on the Korean battlefield, and Liu Ting had lived in Sichuan for a long time, Sichuanese and Bo people were very afraid of his prestige, he was an indispensable hero in Ping Bo.In fact, in the Battle of Bozhou in history, Liu Ting also made great contributions. He broke nine games, entered Loushan Pass, and fought Hailongtun.

For being reused, Liu Ting is naturally grateful to Huang Laifu and is willing to repay him to the death.Only Li Hualong was very dissatisfied. He dismissed Liu Ting and reused Huang Laifu. What does this mean? Isn't this a slap in the face?
At this time, the strength of the army has begun to be determined, the equipment has begun to be prepared, and the food transportation has begun to be in order, which is sufficient for defense and battle.Under such circumstances, the time has come to call civil servants and generals to Chongqing to discuss military affairs.

On the [-]th, Huang Laifu issued an order from the Governor's Office, ordering people above the level of counselors and military officers and generals in the three provinces and various places to come to Chongqing to plan military affairs.However, when Huang Laifu issued this governor's order, it also went through some controversy.In the hinterland of Ming Dynasty, the distinction between civil and military affairs was even stricter. When planning military affairs in peacetime, it was a matter between civil officials. Even the commanders-in-chief of various places were not qualified to participate. Granted to Zongbing and others.

Right now, Huang Laifu is blatantly ordering generals and above to come to discuss military affairs. This is not to rob the civil servants of their power qualifications, which naturally arouses dissatisfaction among many people. However, Huang Laifu has suppressed all such dissatisfaction, and the military affairs discussions are proceeding as scheduled.

(End of this chapter)