Chapter 157: Fang Jin and Shi Heng's Dispute

So this is also a policy at the top, and a countermeasure at the bottom.

If he is like Guo Deng, he will do things quietly, although many people suspect that Guo Deng's beheading of 300,000 is a prisoner, and even Zhu Qizhen knows that there are prisoners among them

But for the sake of the face of the court, this matter has to be suppressed.

And what Shi Heng did was almost in front of so many people to announce that he was going to slaughter the city. Let Fang Jin have to hurry over, this matter will be dealt with in the aftermath.

Otherwise, it is almost a public disgrace to the emperor.

Shi Heng sneered and said: "What is not easy to explain, for the generals, you must know your duty, what are we doing in the Western Regions, we must include this place in the territory of the Ming Dynasty." Now that the people in the Western Regions are finally in the middle of Yili, they are killed with a knife at this moment, and they will never be troubled. ”

Fang Jin also had some hesitation for a while.

The reason why Fang Jin rushed over was that he was on Zhu Qizhen's secret mission.

This secret mission is to stop some of Shi Heng's outrageous actions at a critical time.

This is to explain Zhu Qizhen's definition of this war in the Western Regions.

It was a limited war, and there was no threat to the Western Regions, or to clear the northwest.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to, but the launch of this war is more based on political reasons than military reasons, and in general, Daming is not too fully prepared for this big war.

Once the war becomes protracted, it will not be easy to manage.

Therefore, what Zhu Qizhen needs is a short and quick victory, and there is no requirement on the territory, thinking that with the strength of the tile spur, and the vastness of the Western Regions, if the Ming army cannot occupy a few important places, it is simply impossible.

It's just that the development of the war is too far from Zhu Qizhen's expectations.

Where is this a big war, it is simply an armed parade, that is, Yili Jiangli fought a fierce battle, but what really hurt the vitality is that the tribes north of the Tianshan Mountains, whether they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty or attached to the tile.

At this moment, Fang Jin thought back and suddenly felt that Shi Heng did not mean it.

Deliberately weakening the strength of the Western Regions.

As I said before, the rule of the Western Regions by the tile spurs cannot be regarded as a ruling model like the Ming Dynasty.

It's a grand alliance of tribes.

The Tile Thorn is nothing more than the presiding officer of this grand tribal alliance.

That is to say, even if the tile thorns withdraw, there are still many tribes in the local area, most of these tribes are tens of thousands, and the few are thousands, and they are densely scattered on the land of the Western Regions.

Of course, they will not be completely loyal to the tile spur, but how can they be completely loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

And these 250,000 elite cavalry are almost all of the Ming cavalry.

It is absolutely impossible for these cavalrymen to stay in the Western Regions for a long time. If you don't clean it up first, how can you let people settle in.

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While Fang Jin was thinking carefully, he heard a shout in front of him, but saw several generals rushing up and holding a person's head in front of Shi Heng's horse.

Shi Heng has a horsewhip and picks the chin of the head. said, "Who is he?" ”

"He is the brother of the first one, the uncle of Azi Timur. The number two of the Tile Thorns. ”

Shi Heng laughed out loud and said, "Spread the first Jingshi to report the victory." I'll let you go. ”

"Yes." The following youngsters were immediately overjoyed.

It seems that Shi Heng did not give them a reward, but in fact, he has already given them the highest reward.

Sending this head to the Beijing Division is a beautiful difference, although the distance is long, but generally speaking, the personnel who report the victory on the front line will be treated well.

Even if the merit is very high, it is likely that the hundred emperors will receive it.

Not to mention, Shi Heng didn't reward him at all.

He was relinquishing the power of this reward to the emperor.

As long as the emperor remembers their names, they can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart.

Shi Heng placed the meritorious man, smiled coldly and said: "Do what you have to do, I will enter the city in three days." ”

The order was passed down, and the army suddenly thundered with joy.

The slaughter of the city is naturally extremely cruel to the slaughtered side. But for the abuser, it is a great thing, in the city, just look at it, you can bring it back, whether it is gold and silver utensils, and women's money.

In short, as long as there are no companions to rob them.

These things are theirs.

Fang Jin said: "Guogong, you must pay attention to the face of the country, it is better to send people into the city, not to take the slightest, but to affirm that no murder is allowed, the Western Regions are newly established, sparsely populated, even if Guogong wants to rebuild this city, it will take a lot of labor." ”

Fang Jin also knows that it is difficult to disobey the will of the army.

Most of the Ming army coveted the wealth of this city and were eager to try, if Fang Jin really stopped it. Panic is going to offend the whole army.

Fang Jin could only push the boat down the river. It will not be easy for him to offend people by doing so.

Not everyone is a murderer. Most of the Ming army sought wealth, not murder, after all, killing people in the city now is not a first-class merit.

Since Shangguan wants slaves, they will naturally show mercy to their subordinates.

It's just that what Yili can grab in the city is these people, the savings of a lifetime or even several lifetimes, and even with his wife and daughter, where is it so easy to let go.

Thinking about it, even if Fang Jin did this, killing was indispensable

Shi Heng pondered for a moment, felt a faint pain in his back, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

Fang Jin immediately agreed and sent his own soldiers into the city to maintain order. Although Fang Jin urged hard, the effect was not obvious.

But even if Fang Jin had put this matter in the past, it was just a robbery, not a slaughter of the city, which were two crimes.

Just two

The contradictions between individuals do not end with the end of this one.

Three days later.

Shi Heng entered the city at this time.

The corpse capital in the city has been cleaned up, but there are still large areas of blood, declaring the cruelty of war, and it can even be said that the city is still the same city, but the people in the city have changed a group of people.

Shi Heng inspected this place and immediately decided to build a city here.

Because here is the Ili of the Hereafter.

For a long time, it was the center of gravity of the Central Plains Dynasty to manage the Western Regions. Shi Heng inspected the surrounding mountains and rivers, and the land production was even more important.

In particular, there is still some arable land in Yili, which means that it can be farmed here, which is a great good news.

It was only the news that spread quickly caused a fierce disagreement between Fang Jin and Shi Heng.

But it was at this time that they fully grasped the movements of the main force of the Tile Spurs.

Don't think, it's impossible.

With the ancient traffic environment, coupled with the fact that the tile spur deliberately blocked the news, the news from a year ago has only now reached the ears of Daming, which is a very normal efficiency.

Under this circumstance, Aci Timur destroyed the Chagatai Khanate in the west and expanded its territory for thousands of miles, which made Shi Heng and Fang Jin look down on Aci Timur.

It's just that Shi Heng saw an opportunity in it, and said: "Azi Timur has a new land, and the people are not attached to the land and are not familiar, and at this moment, the army will not be able to support it." ”

"Just as the soldiers are marching westward, sweeping away the remnants, the shame of the Snow Monarch's father."

Fang Jin said very simply: "No, the logistics baggage is already insufficient, although calculating the time, the first batch of baggage has probably arrived in Hami now." ”

"But the northwest is ruined, and it's hard to say how much food it can support the Western Regions for a while. Either this year, or next year, we must withdraw most of the Western Regions. ”

"Just eat in the east."

"So thousands of miles to the west, there is simply not enough grain and grass."

Shi Heng said: "The way to use soldiers, the upper is to eat the enemy, we have 200,000 soldiers, are you afraid that there will be no food?" ”

Fang Jin said: "Guogong has reached this point, so why bother to draw snakes. ”

Although Fang Jin was abiding by Zhu Qizhen's secret edict in his heart, he controlled the scale of this big war. But the mouth cannot say that.

And now, the status between Shi Heng and Fang Jin is equal, that is to say, Shi Heng is the chief general of the Northern Route Army, and Fang Jin is the chief general of the Southern Route Army.

The parties have no jurisdiction over each other.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't know that the power should be single-minded, one side is Shi Heng's side, and the other side is Yang Hong's side.

There are many contradictions between the two sides, Yang Hong is absolutely unwilling to let Shi Heng become the main general, and Fang Jin still owes Shi Heng a lot in terms of qualifications, so naturally he can't cross Shi Heng and become Shi Heng's boss.

Of course, it is also related to the military geography of the Western Regions.