At this time, his personal eunuch Wang Chengen walked in gently, walked in front of the Long Shu case in small steps, and reported: "Your Majesty, Yang Sichang has arrived." 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】”

Chongzhen's spirit perked up, and he immediately said: "Announce him to enter the hall." ”

Wang Chengen shouted outside, only to hear the sound of boots, someone walked in, you can hear from the footsteps, this person walks calmly and abnormally, not in a hurry.

The person who came was Yang Sichang, he was in his forties, medium build, white face and black beard, thick eyebrows and long eyes, he looked very capable, at this time he was wearing court clothes, but he wore a white shirt in the middle, which was considered to be filial piety to his father.

As soon as Yang Sichang saw Chongzhen, he immediately knelt down and shouted long live. Chongzhen asked him to calm down, and then gave him a seat, Yang Sichang thanked him, but he didn't dare to sit down, just stood with his hands hanging on the side.

Chongzhen didn't have the time to say clichés, and when he saw Yang Sichang coming, he got straight to the point: "Aiqing's family is unfortunate and is in the mourning period, but the country is in tune with it, and the thieves are rampant, it is an eventful time, so I will take you back from love, do you have any thoughts in your heart?" ”

When Yang Sichang heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down again: "The saint is serious, when my father is here, he often tells his subordinates that state affairs are family affairs, and there is no home without a country." Sichang can be loyal to the country and share worries for the saints, and his father must be very happy under Jiuquan. ”

Chongzhen was very happy, let him get up again, and then said: "The thieves have been uneven for a long time, although Gao Reverse has given the head, but the thieves are still blazing, and they have invaded Sichuan a few days ago, which is very rampant, and now Sun Chuanting is suppressing thieves in Guanzhong, and there is no time to doppelgänger, Hong Chengchou's troops are unwilling to enter Sichuan, Lu Xiangsheng resists the Manchurians in Shanxi, and I look all over the court, and no one can command the overall situation and eliminate the thieves, so I summoned you and wanted to hear what you can do." ”

Yang Sichang was happy in his heart, but he said: "The saint has his own holy judgment, and Weichen can only do his best." Chongzhen said: "Do you have any strategy for leveling the thief, let's talk about it, I heard that after your father died, you kept filial piety for your father, and at the same time looked at the map, thinking hard about good strategies, and you must have an opinion." ”

Yang Sichang knew that Chongzhen was in a very anxious mood at the moment, and if he talked empty words and clichés, he would be unhappy, so he said: "Don't hide it from the saint, the minister has been thinking hard for many days, and there are indeed some points of view, I want to ask the saint to judge the dragon, since the second year of Chongzhen, the thieves have swarmed, stirred up the world, and repeatedly suppressed grievances, one of the biggest reasons is that all places take the province as the boundary, each fights, and the thieves flee into Shanxi, which is the matter of the governor of Shanxi, and the governor of Shanxi, in order to keep his official position, does not seek to suppress the thief, just ask the thief to go out of the province, The same is true of other provinces. In this way, no one fights hard, and everyone copes. ”

Chongzhen nodded: "You're right. ”

Yang Sichang saw that Chongzhen's face was a little approving, and continued: "The characteristic of the thief battle is that it is mobile, the world is big, the Central Plains is wide, and you can go anywhere. Therefore, the officials and troops could not be defeated on the plain, so they drilled into the ravine, and could not hide in the ravine, so they entered the big river, and when they entered the big river, they could go ashore at will. Attacking everywhere and lighting fires in all directions, the officers and soldiers ran around, exhausted. Moreover, there is always contact between the thieves and cooperates with the battle, so that the officers and soldiers take care of one and lose the other. That's why there are many defeats and deaths. ”

The more Chongzhen listened, the more fascinated he became.

Yang Sichang said: "The thieves are so difficult to pacify, so the minister thought of a plan, and gave this plan a name, called 'Four Positives, Six Corners, Ten Nets'. ”

Chongzhen became interested: "What is the four-positive six-corner ten-sided net?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "The four positives, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, Jiangbei, are the four positives, set up four governors, the task is to separate the bandits and the special defense jurisdiction, the six corners, is Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, set up six governors, separate defense and special thieves, together, is a ten-sided net. In addition, there are two governors and two prime ministers, who are specially recruited. As long as it is arranged in this way, the whole country will be a net of heaven and earth, and no matter which province the thieves flow to, there will be a special governor to suppress bandits and defend them, so that the thieves will run into walls everywhere and have nowhere to go. I think it won't take a year, the thieves will be destroyed, and the world will be peaceful. ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen stood up excitedly, walked up to Yang Sichang, took his hand, and said with relief: "Good plan, Sichang, it's too late for me to use you, if you start using it two years earlier, why do you need to make trouble today." ”

Yang Sichang was not carried away by the emperor's words, he was still very calm: "Holy Lord, although this plan is good, if it is implemented, it will still be difficult." ”

Chongzhen said: "Tell me about it! ”

Yang Sichang said: "The difficulty of this plan is not in the layout, not in the selection of the generals, but in the ...... The cost is huge. Ten Skynets also need at least 100,000 elite soldiers, and the military salary of these 100,000 elite soldiers is at least 2 million taels or more. Can the state get so much silver at this time? ”

These words made Chongzhen's excited look immediately weaken a lot.

He knows best in his heart that the current treasury is as empty as a poor man's rice jar, not to mention two million taels, even twenty thousand taels is not easy, although Yang Sichang's plan is good, but this silver ......

Chongzhen paced slowly in the hall, the hall was so quiet that Yang Sichang didn't dare to raise his head.

After a long time, Chongzhen stopped suddenly, he turned around and said: "I have made up my mind, Yang Qing, I will order you to be the thief superintendent, the governor of the world to suppress the thieves and soldiers, fake festivals, give Shang Fang the sword, if any general dares to go into battle and not listen to the command, you can cut it first and then play." As for military salaries, the state can increase the 'training salary' and collect it from the people of the world. Alas, there is no way to do this, if you tire the people for another year, the world will be peaceful after a year, and then you will recuperate, reduce rents and taxes, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Yang Sichang finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that his wish to take revenge on his father was about to come true.

The next day, the court officially appointed Yang Sichang, and at the same time increased the salary to the world, and trained the soldiers to levy food.

Yang Sichang immediately took office, and as soon as he took office, he issued several murderous orders and punished a number of generals who were ineffective in combat. The general soldier Wang Zhong refused to fight because he was sick and was sent to prison for investigation, the general soldier Zhang Quanchang was punished for treason because he surrendered to the peasant army after being defeated by the scorpion block, and Zuo Liangyu was also dismissed because he repeatedly disobeyed orders, and was ordered to make meritorious service for his crimes.

These fires shook the sentiment of the entire official army, and Yang Sichang even dared to investigate Zuo Liangyu, who dared not obey the order. Moreover, everyone knows that Inspector Yang has Shang Fang's sword in his hand, which can be cut first and then played, so no one dares to joke with his head.

So far, there is nothing to say except to honestly obey orders and fight in a down-to-earth manner.

In addition to arresting people, Yang Sichang also appointed Xiong Wencan as the prime minister, commanding the suppression of thieves on the front line, and himself sat in the court and the central government to control the overall situation.

In this way, the officers and troops were well organized, the tasks were clear, there were defenses and offenses, and they were dedicated to their duties, and Xiong Wencan personally commanded the whole army, and Yang Sichang coordinated the overall situation, so the life of the peasant army was not easy.

Life is even more difficult, it is Qin Jun.

Since Sun Chuanting came to the outside of Xi'an, the number of people in the official army has increased almost every day, and the probe horse has sent the news to the king of Qin. But it was all news of the increase in the number of officers and troops, and there was nothing favorable about it.

The King of Qin and Wang Jian and others discussed day and night, and the morale of the Qin army was not low at this time, because the grain and grass had been stored in the city for at least a year, and they were not afraid of the siege of the city by the officials and troops, not to mention that there was Bai Qi outside, and he could come to help at any time.

Ten days later, the number of men and horses of the official army increased to 60,000, Sun Chuanting still did not attack the city, he ordered the men and horses to be divided into four parts, and the city of Xi'an was surrounded.

In order to prevent the Qin army from breaking through or sneaking up, Sun Chuanting ordered to dig a ditch around the city of Xi'an, which was full of sharp piles, and his own camp built a drawbridge over the ditch to facilitate access.

At this time, the weather was cold and frozen, dripping into ice, and the officers and soldiers were digging the ground, which was very difficult, but no one dared to complain, for fear of being heard by Sun Chuanting, and they would be punished by military law.

The city of Xi'an also knew the news that the official army was digging the ditch, but the king of Qin was relieved, he knew that the official army acted like this, it seems that they will not come to attack the city in a short time, but will besiege the city and trap the Qin army in the city.

As early as half a year ago, the Qin army expected that there would be today, so this year, all the grain from the surrounding counties, towns and towns was brought by the people and brought into the city. At this time, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and they had hoarded a large amount of food, so there was no need to worry about the supply of troops and reserves.

Moreover, the city uses flying pigeons to pass the book, and Bai Qi has been communicating with each other, and what actions Bai Qi has there, Qin Jun will know immediately.

Wang Jian took Ziyi, Li Kang and others to inspect the four gates day and night, not daring to relax at all.

The trench was dug for half a month and finally completed.

That night, Fan Ju came to find Sun Chuanting, and when he entered the tent, he found that Sun Chuanting was sitting at the table, holding a book in his hand, and reading it intently.

When Sun Chuanting saw Fan Ju coming, he knew that something was wrong, put the book on the table, and pointed to the seat under the tent: "Sir, please take a seat." Something must be wrong here, sir. ”

Fan Ju said: "The handsome man is so leisurely, I hope Fan Ju will not come abruptly and disturb the adult Yaxing." ”

Sun Chuanting's eyes narrowed: "Sir's words, it's a bit abrupt, you and I joined hands to capture the thief and establish a great achievement, I regard Mr. as a think tank, no matter when I come, I welcome it, how can it be abrupt?" ”

Fan Ju sat down, and he was not polite, and said bluntly: "The marshal is digging a ditch around Xi'an City, it seems that he doesn't want to attack the city, and he wants to trap the city." ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "The city wall of Xi'an is too high and thick, and the cannons can't penetrate it, and in the middle of winter, the city bricks and rammed earth are frozen hard, and the power of the cannons is even more reduced, and without cannons, just by rushing cars, arrow towers, and ladders, you can't enter the city, and the empty soldiers are useless, I don't want to joke with the lives of soldiers." ”

Fan Ju said: "Maybe we don't have to attack the city, we can use other methods." ”

Sun Chuanting sighed: "Sir, tell me, what is the method?" ”

Ju lowered his voice: "The marshal must have something to do in Xi'an City, and General Ziyi is also my internal response, as long as the two of us make an appointment, Ziyi will definitely be able to open a city gate to welcome the officials and troops into the city." At that time, Xi'an was at your fingertips, and the Qin army could be wiped out, wouldn't it be a great achievement? ”

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