They all had to surrender to their side, but they refused to surrender to Sun Chuanting's side, probably because they were the highest court officials in Shu, and they could get the best treatment if they surrendered themselves.

Of course, it is possible that he wants to give Li Zicheng the last heart. Because in this way, his main force will have to be scattered all over the country to recruit the thieves, and he will not be able to pursue Li Zicheng directly.

Of course, what the reason is, surely no one will say. In this regard, in fact, Zhang Mingwei does not mind too much.

Because he didn't plan to kill Li Zicheng now, otherwise, he wouldn't have adopted this strategy.

Whether it's Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng, they'd better keep helping them clean up those toasts.

In addition, Li Guo and they still have a great achievement, if it weren't for their quick action, not only might they have to fight more battles and kill more people, but it is also very likely that in the area controlled by Li Zicheng, there will be another incident of thieves holding the local people hostage, which will do great harm to the local people's livelihood.

Based on these reasons, Zhang Mingwei did not delve into the reasons, but just sat in Chongqing, while recruiting thieves from all over the country and pacifying the localities, he also ordered Sun Chuanting to come to Chongqing.

At this time, Zhang Mingwei looked at these people below, and basically agreed to their requests, he also asked: "What are your plans in the future, I promised before, I won't force you!" ”

Li Guo was the happiest, and when he heard the voice, he came out of the ranks, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Guogong? The last general is willing to go to Dongjiang Town to listen to Liaodongbo's orders? Fight the captive! ”

This side of the matter, has rescued so many old brothers? No more swords-and-soldiers? There is still a great future, and he has no worries. As for Li Zicheng? It's already experienced, and that's all it can be!

Hear this? Zhang Mingwei smiled and nodded: "Is this okay?" Based on your merits in Shu and your ability, I will promote you as the deputy general of Dongjiang Town to help Liaodong Bo strengthen Dongjiang Town? Crack down on the building. ”

The deputy general of Dongjiang Town? It is commonly known as the deputy commander-in-chief.

After Li Guo heard this, he immediately responded: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

When Yuan Zongdi saw it, he also came out and announced: "The last general is also willing to go to Liaodong to fight Jianyu!" ”

In addition to him, including Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi and so on? These Li Zicheng's subordinates all expressed the same meaning.

Zhang Mingwei listened? is also understood, they don't want to fight against the old master.

What if someone else said? Will they feel that their sincerity in surrendering to the imperial court is not true enough, and will they be unhappy? They may even be forced to do it.

But Zhang Mingwei didn't want to do that? For those who came from a rough background? Morality is a bottom line. If you don't have a bottom line, he won't like it much.

Now there are Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two biggest thieves in the land of Yungui, and their subordinates are unwilling to face it, and Zhang Mingwei doesn't care, because he has other arrangements.

After they all said that they were going to fight Jianyu, Zhang Mingwei said with a smile: "I can agree to your requests, but there will be some small adjustments." ”

As soon as I heard this, especially the newly surrendered leader of the thieves, I was a little nervous. They don't know if this is Xingguo Gong trying to test them.

However, Zhang Mingwei did not make them suspicious, but immediately said: "You all go to Dongjiang Town, it is unrealistic, it is just an island." You don't have to go to Dongjiang Town. When Li Laiheng first passed, he was under the command of the Shanhaiguan General Army. ”

Hearing this, these newly surrendered bandit leaders breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that it was really just a small adjustment, then there was no problem.

However, Zhang Mingwei hadn't finished his words: "And to crack down on Jianyu, my plan is to start by cutting off Jianyu's wings." Those Mongols aided and abetted the Ming Dynasty, and they also harmed the Ming Dynasty. Just last year, they were ordered by Jianlu to attack the important towns of the Nine Frontiers on all fronts, causing a lot of disaster in the border areas. Among them, Qin and Jin are the worst! ”

This matter, the thieves are all in Shudi, and it is not very clear, only a few people know a little bit of news when they catch Sun Chuanting's subordinates.

Moreover, most of them are from Shaanxi, and they are also from northern Shaanxi, and they have known about the Mongol Tatar invasion of Guannei since childhood. Of course, they won't have a good impression of this.

At this time, as soon as they heard Xingguogong's words, they immediately understood, and hurriedly lined up one by one, expressing their wishes strongly.

"Guogong, let the last general go and clean up those tartars!"

"That's it, if you don't clean them up ruthlessly, you don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has!"

"Blood debts and blood repayment, I have wanted to kill them for a long time!"

“……”

Seeing that the morale was available, Zhang Mingwei nodded and said solemnly: "Anyone who dares to violate the Ming Dynasty will make them pay the price of blood." The ancients once had a cloud that those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away. Now I also want to let them know that those who dare to infringe on the Ming Dynasty will also be punished even if they are far away! ”

This sentence has been very common on the Internet in later generations, and it can be said to be quite cliché.

But for the thieves in front of them, most of them have heard of it for the first time. However, the domineering revealed in these words is the most to their taste. Therefore, when they heard it, they all became excited, and they all shouted "Although it is far away, it will be punished".

Therefore, Zhang Mingwei made arrangements, and after the army of the thieves was reorganized, he sent them out of the customs to take revenge on the Mongol Tartars outside the Great Wall from Shaanxi to Shanhaiguan.

It is estimated that with 150,000 troops, including Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi, Tian Jianxiu and others, they will sweep through the entire Mongolian Tartars near the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Subsequently, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi and other Li Zicheng's old troops went to Dongjiang Town to serve as guerrilla soldiers to strengthen their strength there; And Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu and Tian Jianxiu went to Shanhaiguan and belonged to Yan Yingyuan to enhance the strength of Shanhaiguan.

The land of clouds and nobles, with many lofty mountains and primeval forests, is not suitable for cavalry.

And also set aside time for Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng to scourge those toasts. In addition, it is necessary to prepare officials who can manage the local government, and it takes time and training.

Therefore, for the war in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, it is advisable to slow down rather than rush, and it is the right thing to do to advance slowly and reduce the territory of the thieves.

The focus of the next war is to shift to the Liaodong side and completely eliminate Jianyu!

This is Zhang Mingwei's plan.

However, this matter is not in a hurry, it takes time to reorganize the army of thieves, and it will take time for the imperial court to send someone to take over, and the digestion of Zhang Mingwei's Tusi territory on this side of Shu must also see the results and form a model model, so that he can leave with confidence.

He also told Sun Chuanting, who rushed to Chongqing later, what he meant.

Of course, Sun Chuanting has no opinion on this.

In fact, the most suitable for the war in the land of Yungui is to recruit and train soldiers and horses on the spot. Otherwise, the climate, water and soil problems alone can reduce the number of northern men a lot.

Sun Chuanting has been leading soldiers for many years, so he naturally pays great attention to these things.

Most of the thieves who recruited were Qin, as well as those from the Central Plains, and it was the most appropriate to transfer them to fight the Mongol Tartars and Jianju, and it also made Zhao'an thieves very meaningful. It is equivalent to the imperial court having hundreds of thousands of elites at once, and its strength has increased greatly, which is absolutely unthinkable for Jianyu.

However, there is also one thing he can't figure out about Xingguogong's arrangement.

It is in Zhang Mingwei's arrangement that he seems to be very attached to the Tusi territory in the southwest of Shudi, is it worth spending so much energy?

Before, he actually already had an opinion, and at this time, face to face with Xingguo Gong, with his temper, he must say it.

I saw Sun Chuanting salute Xingguo Gong, and then asked with a serious face: "Guo Gong, there is something that Xia Guan can't understand, maybe Xia Guan is stupid, and I ask Guo Gong to explain one or two." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei smiled and said, "What's the matter, just say it!" ”

So, Sun Chuanting was not polite, and immediately said solemnly: "Now that money and grain are limited, the lower officials think that when we concentrate money, grain and troops to suppress thieves, we will first recover the rich land, so that not only can the money and grain be replenished in time, but also easy to govern and collect taxes." However, the arrangement of the official Guanguo Gong completely focused on the many Tusi territories in the southwest of Shu. The lower officials think that this is a move to put the cart before the horse, not an urgent matter at the moment! ”

After finishing speaking, he felt that the meaning of the question was too obvious, so Sun Chuanting hurriedly added: "Maybe the lower officials are dull, and they don't know the deep meaning of Guogong's arrangement, and they ask Guogong for some advice." ”

That being said, it's actually more of a polite remark.

How could Zhang Mingwei not see Sun Chuanting's true thoughts, he was not a person with a deep city, and it was all written on his face.

However, Zhang Mingwei didn't mind, and said with a slight smile: "Tusi are all local emperors, and they are outside the jurisdiction of the imperial court. This is absolutely not a no-no. Taking advantage of the time when the army is assembled in Shudi, it is a convenient move to complete the land reform and return to the stream. Otherwise, the cost of going back and doing things specifically to change the land and return to the stream will be many times higher. ”

Sun Chuanting had actually thought of this reason, so it was not surprising.

He also had thoughts about this matter, so he immediately replied: "Although this is indeed the case, but now that money and food are limited, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, why does the prince attach importance to those poor mountains and bad waters? Xia Guan thought that it was almost enough. When you have energy in the future, you can govern it again. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help laughing, looked at Sun Chuanting and said, "Do you really think that those Tusi territories are all poor mountains and bad waters? ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself, isn't it?

However, since Xingguo Gong said so, there must be an inside story, but there should be one thing that should be grasped, so he replied: "It's hard to say about other places, at least there are many Tusi territories in the southwest of Shudi, and the reason why this is so is that the court can't look down on them, so they let those Tusi take care of themselves." But Guogong seems to be more interested over there, somehow? ”