"Yes, Junmen." Cao Wen received the order, so he got up and walked over to an abstract map like a landscape painting, ready to tell the distribution of the thieves.

However, at this time, Liu Renyu suddenly said: "Cao Zongzhen waited, Liu brought a complete map of Shanxi's terrain, and asked Cao Zongzhen to tell the enemy situation on that map. ”

"This ....." Cao Wenzhao was a little confused for a while, so he habitually glanced at Xu Dingchen.

"Since Mr. Liu said that his map is better, it doesn't hurt to use his instead." Xu Dingchen felt that this matter was not very important, so he nodded and agreed.

Cao Wenzhao saw Xu Dingchen nodding and relieved, before agreeing: "In this case, please also ask Liu Zongzhen to bring up the map." ”

"Okay, no problem." Liu Renyu agreed, and then said to Liu Renjie: "Tell them to bring the map in." ”

"Yes, Marshal," Liu Renjie ordered, and went straight out, ordering his entourage to carry a huge cylindrical thing in.

"How can a map be so big!?" The crowd in the Rijian Hall couldn't help but be quite surprised when they saw that Liu Renyu had sent four people to bring the map in.

When the four people under Liu Renyu spread out the map, everyone in the Rijian Hall was stunned.

I saw that this map is based on cloth, about six feet wide, about one zhang high, and the end is a huge life, on this map, cities, villages and towns, military forts, the Great Wall, rivers, roads, mountains and forests, and even a well are clearly marked, so that people can see it clearly at a glance.

"Mr. Liu's map is very tight!" Xu Dingchen suddenly saw such an extremely accurate map, and his heart was first amazed, and then for some reason he faintly felt a little uneasy, and then this mood was forcibly suppressed by him.

Some civil and military officials were extremely surprised, so they simply got up from their seats, ran to the map, commented, and looked at it for a long time, and some Shanxi locals pointed to a corner of the map, pulling others to be stunned and said: "Eh, mother, this is the house of E's hometown, and it is actually painted on it." ”

"Mr. Liu, where did you get such a map of Shanxi?" Xu Dingchen had a calm face and asked Liu Renyu expressionlessly.

The civil and military generals in the Rijian Hall, as well as the two fathers-in-law, also had such questions in their hearts, since Xu Dingchen asked, they were also happy to listen to the answer, and see how Liu Renyu replied.

"If you go back to the army, the last general led the army to fight in the past, and saw that the map in our hands was really crude, so I thought that according to the Western law, I used the science of surveying and mapping to draw out the map of all parts of my Ming Dynasty. Liu Renyu replied very calmly.

The people in the Rijian Hall didn't know what the method of surveying and mapping, but they knew that Liu Renyu was a Westerner who had naturalized the Ming Dynasty, so they were relieved, and as for Xu Dingchen, he later thought that it was the time to employ people, and he couldn't delve into Liu Renyu's intentions in mastering such military weapons, so he just smiled when he heard this answer, and then didn't say more.

Chen Dajin and Yan Siyin's father-in-law had their eyes half-open and half-closed, and they didn't look at the map or talk much, and they were silent.

After Liu Renyu explained the source of the map, the civil and military officials in the Rijian Hall no longer cared about the origin and destination of the map, and instead concentrated on commenting on the map.

Everyone commented on the map for about twenty minutes, and then they dispersed unsatisfied, sat in their seats, and waited to listen to Cao Wenzhao explain the distribution of thieves on the map.

Cao Wenzhao was still slightly confused when he looked at such a large map at the beginning, because his hands were not long enough to reach some places on this map, but fortunately, Liu Renjie sent supporting facilities in time and an extremely long putt, which allowed Cao Wenzhao to calmly explain the enemy situation on such a large map.

"According to the report of our army at night, there are more than 100,000 thieves operating in my Taiyuan left and left, and their leaders are the king of troubled times, the king of chaos, the king of chaos, and the armor-piercing cone.

There are still Lin County, Huozhou, Zhaozhou, Shilou Prefecture and County corresponding thieves and thieves who started up the bandits, among which the more famous ones are Wang Gang of Sanguan, Tongtianzhu of filial piety, Wang Zhichen of Linxian County, etc., these people have hundreds, thousands of subordinates, all gather in the mountains and forests, often slaughter villages and towns and fortresses, and attack the county seat. From this point of view, our army needs to deal with a total of about 1230,000 thieves operating in the vicinity of Taiyuan. ”

Cao Wenzhao took the push rod and pointed on the map, outlining the general range of activities of the thieves everywhere.

"Because of the flow of thieves, Cao can't give the specific location of the thieves, so he can only send a sentry to find out in time and then report back." After Cao Wenzhao finished talking about the information, he deliberately added such a sentence.

In fact, speaking of which, the situation of thieves and bandits in Shaanxi, Xu Dingchen and others are naturally clear, and Cao Wenzhao's explanation was actually for Liu Renyu and other generals of the Jingbianbao Army.

After Xu Dingchen finished speaking, he took over the latter's words and said: "Before Liu Zongzhen came, our army only had 7,000 people, but there were more than 100,000 thieves.

Now Liu Zongzhen has brought 17,000 troops to help, and they are all cavalry, and their mobility is extremely strong, so that our army can also divide troops to fight, and there is no longer a need to worry about the problem of thieves dividing troops and not being able to exterminate them in time. ”

"What Xu Junmen said is very true, the last general has one more thing to tell Xu Junmen, in addition to the fact that the last general's command is full of cavalry and extremely mobile, he can attack quickly and kill the thieves, and there is also a secret weapon that is specially used to deal with the thieves, and he is not afraid that they will drill the ravine." When Liu Renyu heard this, he suddenly spoke.

"Oh, Mr. Liu, what other secret weapons do you have in your army that specializes in dealing with thieves?" Xu Dingchen was puzzled.

When the people in the Rijian Hall heard the words secret weapon, they were all curious, and they all wanted to hear what Liu Renyu said about the secret weapon.

"Come to think of it, all the officers and colleagues also know that in frontal combat, the thieves are by no means the opponents of our great soldiers, so that the thieves are not good at fighting, but they are good at escaping, and their best thing is to drill into the ravine, and as soon as they get in, they will disappear, and our army is extremely difficult to track.

After several years of fighting with the thieves in Shaanxi, the last general came up with a good way to crack the thieves' ravine, and our army raised a large number of military dogs and trained them in special order to track down the enemy's traces and engage in arrest work. Liu Renyu replied.

"It turned out to be a military dog, that day I saw a dog in the army of Mr. Liu, and I thought that Mr. Liu likes to eat dog meat!" When a Shanxi general heard the word military dog, he laughed and told such a joke.

"The general laughed, these military dogs are not for food, they are also soldiers of my Jingbianbao army, they all have names and surnames, they are included in the military registration of our army's auxiliaries, and they can receive military salaries." Liu Renyu listened to the general's joke, but he didn't think it was funny, and specially replied with such a sentence.

As soon as these words came out, it was really earth-shattering, and everyone's jaws fell to the ground.

"Did I hear me right, dogs can be soldiers?"

"I've lived for so many years, and it's the first time I've heard of such a thing, fresh, really fresh."

"What's wrong with dogs as soldiers, roaring dogs are still immortals!"

........

In the Rijian Hall, everyone suddenly had different opinions, and various opinions came one after another, chatting happily.

"Yo, Mr. Liu, you said that dogs can be soldiers, this thing is really new, after a while, our family and Grandpa Yan want to see what kind of dog you can be a soldier." Chen Dajin was listening to it interestingly, so he planned to take Yan Siyin to take a look.

Yan Siyin had long heard that Liu Renyu had come back from the West, and he had a lot of ghost ideas and a lot of rare things in his hands, so he was happy to see what kind of dog this dog who could be a soldier was.

"It's okay, the thief is like a fish on the chopping board in the eyes of the last general, you can cut it at any time, this afternoon, I invite all the officials and colleagues to go to the last general's barracks for a walk, and the right to be a military parade." Liu Renyu sent an invitation letter to everyone.

"Okay, let's go and see what is so amazing about your dog who can be a soldier." A group of civil and military officials in Shanxi applauded in unison.

"Okay, good, good, let's go to the military camp of Mr. Liu to parade, let's make a plan after discussing the strategy of the thief, but now this court has some questions to ask Mr. Liu," Xu Dingchen said a few words loudly, first quieting down the civil and military officials in the Rijian Hall.

Then Xu Dingchen continued: "Mr. Liu, I heard that the thieves in Shaanxi can be pacified, and you should be the first to take the lead, but this court wants to ask you, what method did you use to pacify all the thieves in Shaanxi?" This court is very eager to hear it, so that we can solve the problem of the thieves in Shanxi once and for all, so that our army will not disperse and the thieves will resurge. ”

"If you go back to the military gate, the last general will pacify the thieves, it is actually not difficult to say, it is nothing more than a trilogy." Liu Renyu replied with a smile.

"Oh, trilogy, please let Mr. Liu explain, which trilogy is it?" Xu Dingchen asked again.

"First, organize and train an army that dares to fight and fight, and has strong combat effectiveness, second, engage with the thieves, and kill all the officers above the captain of the thief, leaving no one behind, and third, the remaining exiles who are coerced can distribute cattle breeds, allocate houses, and exempt them from rent for three years, so that their cultivators have their fields and dwellers have their houses, so that people's minds are determined, and the thieves can be pacified!" Liu Renyu said eloquently.

"Oh, I see." Xu Dingchen listened to these steps, but he didn't think there was anything powerful, he could think of it personally.

"The first two things that Mr. Liu said are not difficult to do, but this third step is really difficult to do. There was already a great drought in Shanxi, the crops were not harvested, the land was abandoned, and the thieves made waves, and the burning was very miserable, and there were many places in Shanxi where the city walls were broken, and the people had no place to stand. Xu Dingchen sighed faintly.

In fact, speaking of which, there is no way to deal with these displaced people, such as being a little more brutal, killing them all, you can eliminate the threat, but after all, this kind of practice hurts the peace of the heavens, and the imperial historian in the court will never stand by and watch such indiscriminate killing of innocents, so how to deal with those captured refugees is the most headache for Xu Dingchen.

Shanxi is currently in devastation, and it is already difficult to maintain the current finances, and it is self-defeating to shelter and resettle hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

Exterminating the thieves has always been easy to win, but it is difficult to decide!