Mo Li didn't care about any military merits, the matter was in front of him, the so-called military merits had no effect on him, Li Qing wouldn't take it seriously, and he wouldn't.

Even the grain, grass and military resources have to find a way to solve it by themselves, even if they make more military achievements, they are just a few inconspicuous words recorded in the book, how can they not understand such a simple truth.

What's more, this expedition has long been known to the bottom of the matter, and it is his duty to win the war, and if he can't win, there are countless crimes that have been listed there, waiting for him, waiting for the entire Mowang Mansion.

Therefore, Mo Li didn't really want to receive any merit for himself at all, what he wanted to do was to receive merit for all the soldiers and soldiers, and to receive those military merits that were meaningless, and even did not even have the slightest sincerity in awarding. For him, each battle is just the best practical training ground, which can combine what he has learned over the years with practice, and turn it into an incomparably precious experience and treasure.

And in the purging army, at least more than half of the generals are extremely loyal to Li Qing in the open or dark, even if these people do not show the slightest disobedience to his orders for the time being, but in fact, if he can't find a way to really subdue these people one by one, just wait for Li Qing's order, and in the future, these people will be a serious obstacle to shake his control over the entire army.

Even at a critical time, these people will turn him from a victory to a passive crisis in an instant, so while attacking the chaotic army that has no merger value, tempering the army, and tempering the army, for those generals who are loyal to Li Qing and loyal to the imperial court, they naturally have to have a set of silent but subtle strategies to collect their hearts.

Really. Hearing Mo Li say that he wanted to write a good report to receive the reward for them, all the soldiers were very happy, and Qingyang was the first to win. This is a very meaningful battle for the entire clean-up plan. Especially in the current war between the imperial court and the rebel Meng family, this good momentum must be the most fierce victory in the history of quelling the rebellion, so of course the soldiers believe that the imperial court will give important rewards.

After writing the good news in the military Chinese, Mo Li ordered him to mention the exchange of the mining rights of a small gold mine in Beiyang for military funds in a few inconspicuous words in a large stack of military merit reports, and then this good news was sent back to the capital by the fast horse.

After Han Jiangxue learned about this, she couldn't stop laughing, Mo Li's calculating Li Qing's temperament and attitude towards this matter were really calculated to the extreme. Li Qing simply couldn't have the patience to read through such a large stack of lists.

As for the exchange of gold mines for military funds, many generals in the army have been aware of it in the past few days, and they think that someone has secretly reported back to Beijing. will tell Li Qing the news, so Mo Li naturally will not leave this kind of handle that does not report the truth.

Half a month later, the army was rested, and a bridge large enough for the army to travel on the Qingyang River had been erected. It connects Qingyang and Beiyang. It provides the most favorable passage for the army at the front.

The bridge is guarded by specially dispatched soldiers and horses, and the order of Beiyang is also stable, and the people can choose to go to the safer Qingyang, but the vast majority of the people resolutely choose to stay in their homes, with the protection of the army that Moli will never disturb the people, but it is more and more stable to produce and live.

"Lord Wang, the rest here in Beiyang is already in place, I don't know when the prince is going to start the next attack?" In the military tent, General Sun once again mentioned the initiative to lead troops to attack the rebel army: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard." led 3,000 elite soldiers and smashed the old trough of thieves. ”

"I don't know if General Sun is sure to take down Jiang Hezi and his gang directly. Clearing the entire Muzhou rebellion at once? Mo Li looked at General Sun calmly, this person is a general that Li Qing has focused on cultivating in the Qing Suppression Army, these days seeing that he has not moved for a long time, he has not pursued the victory in one go, and he is obviously a little unable to sit still.

"Back to the prince, the last general has the confidence to take the hinterland of the chaotic army within a month, kill Jiang Haozi, and implore the prince not to hesitate, actively prepare for war, get rid of the Muzhou rebellion as soon as possible, and gather troops to go to the second and third stations as soon as possible, so as to contribute to the civil strife in the entire Dongming Dynasty, share the worries of the court, and accumulate blessings for the people."

General Sun said sonorously, he was really full of confidence and courage.

Although he did not directly ask Mo Li for not taking the initiative to attack and was suspected of passively slacking off the battle, it was not good to show too much inner speculation in the current favorable situation, but used the initiative to promote the process of the battle situation and better complete the emperor's orders.

Hearing General Sun's words, three or four more generals soon agreed, and at the same time they were willing to ask for war and send troops.

Of course, there are also a few people who oppose it, feeling that now is not the time to rush to work, and it is necessary to give a long lecture and deploy at all levels to achieve the greatest chance of victory.

The generals who held opposing opinions were basically people who really crowded Mo Li, and the two generals Yue and Qin, who were personally promoted by Mo Li, had an obvious attitude.

For a while, after the victory in Beiyang, the distant relatives and different biases between the generals finally became more and more clearly revealed.

These are all things that Mo Li expected, so there is nothing unpleasant.

Habitually waving his hand, signaling everyone to stop first, Mo Li looked at General Sun, who was the first to ask for the vanguard, and said again: "It's a good thing that General Sun has this self-confidence, and this king does not doubt the general's ability, a month's kung fu of 3,000 elite soldiers is indeed enough to take down Jiang Haozi's gang, after all, the other party is now only 3,000 people." Without the natural barrier of the Qingyang River, our elite soldiers will of course be much stronger than their men and horses. It's just ......"

Speaking of this, Mo Li paused slightly, and said very seriously: "The Muzhou battlefield is not big or small, and it is not so simple to annihilate the enemy's main force in one fell swoop, after all, people will not sit there honestly and wait for you to fight, let alone put real swords and guns in a fair duel." Therefore, once you take someone deep into the enemy's hinterland, you are actually a lone army, even if the strength of the numbers is enough. ”

"What do you mean?" When General Sun heard this, he naturally put aside his previous single speculation and prejudice, and asked for advice very carefully.

To be honest, General Sun didn't have much disregard for Moli himself, but he was loyal to the court and the king, so he naturally subconsciously hoped that the civil strife might be quelled as soon as possible. Seeing that Mo Li had stopped sending troops for a long time, he was suspicious.

But at this time, Mo Li had just spoken out and he noticed something that he seemed to ignore but couldn't grasp at once, for the sake of the whole war, General Sun could not be stubborn and self-serving, and there was no benefit to go against Mo Li.

It is precisely because he understands General Sun's nature that Mo Li has enough tolerance and patience with this person.

He smiled slightly, nodded and continued to ask: "May I ask General Sun, if you take Jianghezi within a month and sweep away the main chaotic army in Muzhou, how much will the three thousand elite soldiers of the vanguard need to lose?" ”

"This ......" General Sun hesitated for a moment, as if he was making a quick calculation in his heart, and the color behind him became not very good-looking, but after a while, he still said truthfully: "Back to the prince, the last general has a preliminary estimate that if he takes the main rebel army in Muzhou within a month, the three thousand pioneers led by him will have to lose at least about two thousand. ”

"Well, General Sun is a real person." Mo Li praised General Sun's openness and truthfulness, but soon changed the conversation and said: "Although there is no reason for immortals to fight in battles since ancient times, the casualties of 3,000 elite soldiers losing 2,000 are obviously too large, and they are extremely unworthy. This is the only way to take a Muzhou rebel army directly lost nearly thirty percent of the entire army of rebellious troops, calculated in this way, even if we win one after another, but when we turn to the location of the fourth rebellious army, even if there are newly recruited soldiers to supplement, but the rebellious army has basically existed in name only, and how will the remaining more than ten rebellious armies be solved? ”

Hearing this, General Sun and the previous generals who responded to the invitation to fight one by one all looked extremely pale, and for a while they naturally understood how big the pros and cons were.

"The prince is wise, the last general really didn't think about it before, please forgive the prince!" General Sun's face was extremely complicated, but right was right, wrong was wrong, and he quickly made an excuse for his impulsive actions just now.

Although the other people did not plead like General Sun, they no longer casually mentioned the matter of leading troops to attack as before.

"General Sun has overthought it, marching and fighting is to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in the process of continuous discussion and evidence to choose the best plan, and before everyone just expressed a few opinions, there was nothing to ask for guilt or not."

Mo Li naturally showed his mind, and then continued to ask General Sun as if chatting casually: "If this king gives you half of the extra soldiers and horses, and the 6,000 army takes Muzhou in two months, General Sun estimates how much can you control the loss of the army?" ”

This inquiry suddenly made a flash of joy in General Sun's heart, it seems that he really lived the belly of a gentleman with a careful heart before, and thought that Mo Li had other selfish motives so he wanted to respond passively, but it seems that this is not what he thinks at all.

"Back to the prince, if there are 6,000 troops deployed with the last general, and Muzhou is taken within two months, the last general is confident that the number of people can be controlled within 1,000!"

He replied quickly, and there was a subconscious confidence in his tone.

"A thousand?" Mo Li muttered and repeated, as if he was not too satisfied with General Sun's answer. Perhaps in terms of the normal discount rate, General Sun's 1,000 this time is basically reasonable, but it is clearly not satisfactory for Mo Li.

After a slight pause, Mo Li didn't explain anything, but asked again, "What if I give you two more months?" (To be continued......)