Han Chun, the political envoy, took over the topic: "Liu Juehu? Is it the thirty-six checkpoints in front of the Bandit Hall mentioned by Wen Zhen? According to the report of Wenzhou Town, this thief is a real bandit, and he has been a thief when he was in the camp of Jintian, and he has experienced hundreds of battles, and he is extremely cunning and vicious! ”

Wang Youling nodded, he continued according to Hu Xueyan's instructions to him: "According to Wen Zhen Ye General Bingyun, this thief is now based on Panshi Village, and his subordinates have three hundred real long hairs, and thousands of new Tukou, this time Wenzhen contracted Fuzhou reinforcements to cross the river to attack the thief, this thief actually blocked my onslaught with thousands of Tukou, and when our soldiers were about to break through the Tukou, they suddenly led three hundred real Changmao to kill, and our army was caught off guard and suffered a big setback!" ”

"At that time, the willow thieves attracted thousands of traitors near Panshi Village to attack our army, although our army tried its best to kill the enemy and rushed back to the south of the Yangtze River, but the losses were too much, according to Ye Zongbing sent someone to privately inform, the loss of soldiers amounted to 3,000 people."

"Three thousand!" Han Chun almost jumped up: "Didn't you just say that you would lose the total of seventeen people?" This thief is so vicious that he should be a danger to his heart. ”

He Guiqing nodded: "Liu Juehu, this thief, is indeed a problem for our army's henchmen, my soldiers Yueqing, Nanxi, and Panshizhai setbacks, all because the thief led the real long hair to kill at the time of the standoff, our army was in a hurry and unprepared, so that it became a big setback, if there are generals who can punish this thief, they can be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver." ”

This is also what Wang Youling wants to say: "Futai Gaojian, this is also what his subordinates want to say, but this thief is brave and vicious, although the gold is heavy, it is not enough to compensate for his great merit, and in the opinion of the following officials, he can take his head to return, don't ask his origin, he will be rewarded with three thousand taels of silver, and those who have no official body will be given seven products to wear, and they will be given a meritorious card, and those who have an official body will be promoted to the third level." ”

"Good!" He Guiqing nodded: "Very good, very good, the red scarf thief, seven or eight times out of ten, that is, the thief of the willow household, if the head is raised, there will be a reward." ”

Wang Youling continued: "The reward is not enough to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle, the willow thief is a bandit who has accumulated years, all with real long hair, and mixed with a new red scarf thief, although Qu Zhenhan and other thieves are in the dry city, but according to Wen Zhen's report, they are very wary of it, and they know that the willow thief will inevitably have a big tail, and sooner or later they will be a problem for their henchmen." ”

"The willow thief has a vicious intention, although he flatters the Qu thief, but he has long been separated from the red turban thief, unique, according to the Yun Qu thief once appointed the willow thief as the deputy general of Panshi Town, the willow thief accepted and did not accept it, and still used the old name of the bandit inspection to command the thief army, so it ......"

"I'll add a fire!" Wang Youling's proposal was praised by the court: "As long as the red thieves are in civil strife, our army can win without a fight." ”

As for how to pull one faction to fight another, so that these people's mutiny forces can collapse without a fight, such a veteran of officialdom has very rich experience, He Guiqing even remembered someone: "Speaking of this to pacify the bandits, Duan Jinghu is just an expert, let him go!" ”

Duan Jinghu is the current Ning Shaotai soldier preparation road Duan Guangqing, Xianfeng two years, Yinxian Yanmin uprising, killed more than 20 officials, more than hundreds of soldiers, Duan Guangqing served as the county commander of Yinxian County, adopted the technique of internal division and co-optation, without spending a soldier or a salary, the people mutiny were all destroyed, so that he could carry out internal destruction of the red turban thieves, which is suitable for both people and land.

"Duan Dao is one of the experts, but this matter is in parallel!" Wang Youling said: "In my opinion, although the willow thief has broken my army to the north, but there are many losses, and now the soldiers are resting in the rock, and the Qu thief is ambitious, and has crossed the river to the south, why not let the officers and soldiers of Wenzhen shout in front of the battle, only fight the red turban thief, not the rock soldier......"

"Good strategy!"

However, Wang Youling's vicious methods are not limited to this: "You can also write a few letters and fall into the hands of the two thieves, and then let people sneak into the thieves and separate the two thieves, and the two thieves will inevitably be like fire and water!" ”

As soon as Wang Youling's method of soothing and suppressing came out, He Guiqing was very satisfied: "Xue Xuan, you are my Zhang Zifang!" It's just that although the three strategies can be parallel, it is still slow or not urgent, no matter what, you have to send troops to the south to quell the thieves, but there is a strategy to take into account the peace of defense! ”

The problem is still back to the original point, but Wang Youling also has a way: "Futai, Fang Jin's three defenses, Ningguo is the heaviest, Qu defense and strict defense are secondary, you can mobilize elite soldiers and strong generals from these two places, and go south to quell the thieves." ”

Qufang refers to Quzhou, and strict defense refers to Yanzhou (Jiande), which is also to prevent the Taiping army from Jiangxi to enter Zhejiang, while Ningfang is to prevent the Taiping army from entering Anhui.

According to the views of Zhejiang officials such as He Guiqing, the Taiping Army set its capital in Nanjing, so it is most likely to enter Zhejiang from Nanjing in a straight line through Anhui, and it is unlikely to make a detour to Jiangxi to enter the country.

Therefore, Wang Youling's plan was approved by He Guiqing: "Qu defense and strict defense are inferior, and it is indeed possible to draw 1,000 soldiers from each of the two places, and then mobilize troops from various towns and prefectures to form 5,000 reinforcements to rush to Wenzhen." ”

The three defenses can be said to have gathered the elite soldiers of the entire Zhejiang, and it is also a bottomless pit that cannot be filled, He Guiqing dug up the flesh to mend the sores, that is, to piece together the five thousand soldiers.

"Xue Xuan, do you have any other good ideas?" He Guiqing asked again: "Let's hear it!" ”

"There is a case, I heard that the thief Qu appointed the thief to a deputy general of the rock, so can we try to appease the thief, as long as he is willing to come, he will give a very high name!"

"In what name? Is it higher than the lieutenant general! ”

According to the consistent strategy of the Qing Dynasty's appeasement, all the militias that started up in the rebellion must be eliminated and downsized after the surrender, and then given a name, such as Dong Xiangfu led 200,000 hungry people to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and the Hunan army only awarded him a five-grade military merit, and organized his troops into three battalions of Dong Zi, and the battalion soldiers and long-term husbands added up to only 2,000, and another 3,000 were selected to serve as the Hunan army transporters, and the rest were placed on the spot.

Although Liu Chang has a lot of people, there will be no special preferential treatment for the Qing Dynasty, but Wang Youling smiled: "Give him a general soldier, spontaneous bandits, and the whole town is lost among the thieves, is there still less military town?" ”

"Good! Let Duan Guangqing tell the Liu thief, as long as he leads the crowd to vote, I will never hesitate to give the title of chief soldier, like the general rank of Zhenjiang General Soldier, he will give it whichever he wants! ”

Everyone laughed, He Guiqing felt relaxed, personally lifted the teapot, and filled everyone's teacups: "This year's new tea is also coming soon, Xue Xuan, you pay attention to me, everything that should be sent in Beijing will be delivered." ”

Wang Youling is also full of spring breeze, and the strategy he offered was appreciated by the governor, which was the best, as long as He Guiqing appreciated himself, he would be in front of him.

"Good tea!"

"This is old tea, new tea is better!"

"Regardless of new tea or old tea, the water of this West Lake can nourish people!"

"It's not just water that raises people, but beauty also raises people!"

Just when this group of adults was in high spirits, they heard a rush of footsteps, followed by the negotiation of the soldiers, and then someone lowered their voices: "Lord Futai, Lord Fantai, Lord Zhentai, Wenzhou Town 600 miles urgent!" ”

"How?" He Guiqing's original heart hung in his throat again: "Something happened!" ”

"The Yuhuan Battalion of the Wenzhen Navy Division suffered a great setback with the boat bandit Ge Mengjin outside Dongtou Island, and there were no 300 officers and soldiers, and more than 10 ships were lost!"

"The red turban thieves have repeatedly broken through my countryside, and the soldiers of Wen Zhen have retreated to the city, and 100,000 are in a hurry, waiting for reinforcements!"

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