Liu Jiabao, Liu Renyu's residence, in the conference room, Liu Renyu, Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, Liu Renjie, Wang Zuohang, Ma Wenshan, Sun Wuxi, He Yaozong, Fan Xiongxin, Ke Zhihong and other military generals all sat on both sides of the long table of the meeting, and Liu Renyu sat at the front of the long table to preside over the meeting.

"What is the matter with the summoning of you today, I believe that all the gentlemen also know that our army is about to go to Shanxi to investigate the rebellion of the thieves, and this meeting is to tell the gentlemen about the situation of the thieves, so that the gentlemen have a bottom in their hearts, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, and not being defeated in a hundred battles, is what it means." Liu Renyu got started and explained the theme of today's meeting.

Naturally, the generals are well aware of this subject, and there is nothing to say.

"Shanxi's intelligence, I ordered Chen Danqing and Renjie to send people to investigate, and now I already have eyebrows, and now I will let Renjie come and tell you." Liu Renyu first said this to the generals, and then said to Liu Renjie: "Renjie, go, go ahead, tell me the information about Shanxi, and let the generals know clearly." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Liu Renjie got the order, left his seat, picked up a pusher, walked straight to the side of the huge Shanxi map, and first pointed to the Shanxi River Qu that was separated from the Fugu River in Shaanxi Province and said: "At the end of the second year of Chongzhen, Wang Jiayin, who was in our Shaanxi Province, crossed the Yellow River eastward and captured the Hequ, and then took the Shanxi Hequ as the center, flowing between Shanxi and Shaanxi, disturbing the place and poisoning the living beings.

The Shanxi soldiers were unusable, and Wang Jiayin could not help anything, so the imperial court transferred Cao Wenzhao from Liaodong to fight in Jin. This Cao Wenzhao is also very powerful, so he took 3,000 people to defeat Wang Jiayin's 40,000 people in one fell swoop, and also forced Wang Jiayin's subordinate Wang Guozhong to kill. His other subordinate, that is, his subordinate Zuo Prime Minister Wang took over the position of thief and continued to lead the thieves to rebel.

Later, on the Shaanxi side, because of our army, hehe, because our army was too powerful, the thieves in Shaanxi couldn't stay at all, so they crossed the Yellow River east and entered Shanxi to make trouble. This king used it for himself because of that, that is, the first volunteer soldier as the thief himself said, and his status was very high, so he became the leader of all the thieves in Shanxi, claiming to have thirty-six battalions.

These thieves have a leader since they fight, and they actually have some weather, marching and fighting, they all have the same appearance, you fight the north, I fight the west, he fights the south, they all have a division of labor. Now the 300,000 thieves in Shanxi are divided into three routes.

Among them, the west road is centered on Pingyang, the east road is centered on Zezhou and Lu'an, and the middle road is centered on Fenzhou, Taiyuan and Liaoxian. Among them, Zhang Xianzhong, the sweeping king, and the thief Li Zicheng, who you are very concerned about, led 100,000 soldiers in the west road, Wang Ziyong, Xing Hongwolf and others led 100,000 troops, killed and plundered in the middle road, and a thief canal such as the king of the mixed world and the armor-breaking cone also led 100,000 troops in Taiyuan, Liaoxian and other activities. ”

"Heh, Renjie, among the bandits you just mentioned, there are some of them that we have met before, I don't know if they are old acquaintances?" Zhang Tieniu heard that among the thieves introduced by Liu Renjie were the titles of Sweeping King and King of the Mixed World, he felt a little familiar, so he asked.

"Deputy Marshal Zhang, our army can only find out the bandits, as for whether they are the ones that our army has encountered before, Renjie doesn't know, this will have to wait until they are captured by our army, ask them to know." Liu Renjie said with a smile.

"It's also said that these thieves on the left and right will not be able to form a climate, and as soon as our army arrives, it will inevitably collapse." Zhang Tieniu said with a smile.

"Renjie, what you just said about the situation of the thieves, what are the countermeasures of my officers and soldiers?" Liu Renyufu asked Liu Renjie again.

"Back to the words of the marshal, Xuanda Governor Zhang Zhishuai commanded Bai An, Hu Dawei, Li Bei, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and other generals, led 8,000 troops to crusade against the eastern and western thieves, Shanxi Governor Xu Junmen commanded Cao Wenzhao, Zhang Yingchang, Xun Fuwei, Shiji, Ai Wannian, Po Ximu and other generals, led 7,000 troops, appeased Taiyuan, Liaoxian area."

"Haha, the total strength of our official army is 15,000 people, and the number of thieves is 300,000. Liu Renyu couldn't help but be a little amused when he heard the figures of the official army.

"Boss, who says it's not? Now the thieves have also learned to be smart, they all report to each other, I have few soldiers tomorrow, so I can only join the army together, advance and retreat together, the thieves see the movements of the officials and soldiers and share with each other, where the officers and soldiers go, they will retreat, as soon as the officers and soldiers leave, they come back again, and fight guerrilla warfare with the officers and soldiers, if it is really a little back, so that the officers and soldiers will bite it, they will drill the ravine, and it will be difficult for the officers and soldiers to find them. Liu Renyu sighed slightly.

"The reason why this situation occurs is not because the officials and soldiers get little money and are unwilling to work hard, if it is the soldiers under the grandfather in the past, let alone drilling the ravine, it is heaven and earth, and it may not be impossible to do it. Forget it, let's not talk about them, just talk about us, ordinary thieves run into us, even if they drill into the ravine, it won't work, because we have military dogs, even if they hide hidden, they can also be found, don't you say? Liu Renyu asked his subordinates with a smile.

"What the marshal said is that we have used military dogs since we fight, and those thieves have nothing to hide from now on, no matter where they are hiding, we can find them out." Li Jiye echoed.

"Yes, handsome, who says it's not?" Ma Wenshan also echoed.

"Well, that's right, in fact, even if there are 300,000 thieves, I am not afraid at all, it is easy to defeat them, but after the completion of this crackdown on thieves, I am afraid that there are still many homeless people who need to be resettled, if they are not placed in place, I am afraid that it will not be long before they will be in chaos again. What about these displaced people, I mean that they will be resettled in our Yansui, and you will divide the prefectures, prefectures, and counties of our Yansui in the future.

When you arrive at those places, you will follow what we did in Jingbianbao, divide the land, run education, persuade farmers to teach mulberry, restore the economy, and make sure that the people's livelihood in Yansui can be restored. Liu Renyu said to the generals under him.

"Marshal, we are just soldiers, and when we get to the place, we are only afraid that we will be coerced by civilian officials, and many things will not be spread." Li Jiye felt that when he went to other places, he was afraid that it would be inappropriate to do things like Jingbian Fort, so he spoke out about this difficulty.

"Yes, Marshal, when the time comes, if you encounter the obstacles of the civil officials and gentry, what can you do?" The rest of the generals of the Jingbianbao Army also asked.

"Hmph, this is not simple, now our army has full wings, looking at the whole Shaanxi, and even the entire Ming Dynasty, how many people can stop us, if it is at that time, for those who dare to block us, they will all be expelled from Yansui, and the big deal will be torn apart. At that time, even if the dough is torn, I am not afraid, because Li Zicheng, who we support, is only afraid that it has become the climate. The world is in chaos, so we will simply take over Shaanxi.

Just imagine, at that time, if Li Zicheng, who we focused on supporting, followed our method, he would fight corrupt officials and inferior gentry every time he went to a place, divide the fields, and then recruit soldiers from the homes of these people who were assigned land, then these soldiers would definitely fight desperately to defend their own fields, and at that time, he had no logistical worries, and there were high-quality soldiers, so he could sweep the Central Plains and sweep the world, and then he led the troops north, besieged the Beijing Division, and changed the dynasty, so we took the opportunity to lead troops to attack him, kill him, and help an emperor up. Sweep away the Jiannu again, and the world will be decided. Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"What the marshal said is very true, this Li Zicheng is also a puppet that we support, and when he doesn't need it, he can be cut with a thousand knives." Yang Desheng raised his hand and said as if he was raising a knife and falling.

"You're right, if he forces the emperor to death, we will naturally put him to death, and then it's time for us to realize our ideals." Liu Renyu said.

"Yes, yes, yes, wait for us to support an emperor and rebuild the Ming Dynasty, no matter what, let the emperor make us a prince for all generations." Zhang Tieniu said very enthusiastically.

"Ha, you're thinking far-reaching, you haven't even scratched the strings, you're thinking about this, you're really far-sighted!" Yang Desheng smiled and teased Zhang Tieniu.

"What are you talking about, what is the big man taking us to do, which one has not been done, of course this thing can also be done, do you say?" Zhang Tieniu immediately lifted Liu Renyu out to embolden himself.

"Yo, what Vice Marshal Zhang said is very true, what he said is really reasonable, there is nothing in the world that our marshal can't do." Wang Zuohang felt that Zhang Tieniu's words were very level, and he couldn't help but praise them sincerely.

"That's it, don't talk about these things that we don't have, the top priority we have to do now is to enter Shanxi to sweep away the thieves, and then talk about the rest later. At present, our army has recruited more than 10,000 new soldiers, and these recruits have been trained for nearly a month, and in two months, that is, in April, they will go out after the spring ploughing. The ordnance and equipment, carriages, artillery, and inheritance that our army needs, you go and inform Father Zhao and let him make it quickly. In two months, I'm going to see these things. Liu Renyu commanded Li Jiye.

"Yes, Marshal." Li Jiye commanded.

"Gentlemen, our recruitment is very simple, it is rare to equip all soldiers with horses, I don't have enough horses in Jingbian Fort, in the past, we didn't have enough troops, but when the money is enough, we can also buy it from the Mongols, now we don't have to, we already have 10,000 elite soldiers in our hands, and all of them are elite cavalry, or horse infantry, we need horses again, and we don't have to spend time and effort to buy horses.

I mean, there are still two months to go before the left and right expedition to Shanxi, so why don't you just attack, go to the Hetao area in the north of us to take a stroll, kill people, grab horses, solve the horse problem at one time, and get some cattle and sheep back by the way, what do you say? Liu Renyu asked his subordinates with a smile.

"Hey, Dashuai, this is a good thing, the last time I beat Lin Dan Khan, it was really not enjoyable, we didn't use much force, he fled back to the Qinghai prairie, don't give it a try, this time I will go to the grassland again, so that I can kill the enemy and have a good time." Zhang Tieniu said arrogantly.

"I heard that the princes were happy when they heard the battle, and I was very relieved, thinking that the northern captives, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the tribes are scattered everywhere in peacetime, and the strength is not concentrated. The situation in this Hetao, An Zhengman and the other Han people who were rescued by us are very clear, and when the time comes, let him lead the way, let's fight a few tribes and grab 10,000 horses. Liu Renyu said to several of his generals.

"I wonder when the marshal plans to leave for the grassland?" Li Jiye asked.

"Three days later, the army will set out for the north, and you will be ready as soon as possible. Meeting. Liu Renyu ordered his subordinates.

"Yes, Marshal." The generals of the Jingbian Fort Army received the order, and they went down to prepare to go.