Since it is impossible for Sun Chuanting to go out of the customs to rescue Kaifeng in three or four months, it will inevitably bring about two serious consequences:

First, the grand strategic concept of the imperial court's attack from the north to the south has become a fool's dream;

The second is that Zuo Liangyu lost the coordination of the Qin army and had to march north alone. At that time, it was a problem whether he could protect himself, let alone rescue Kaifeng!

It's done!

Once this thought was born, it tore at the hearts of everyone in the temple like a poisonous snake.

Kaifeng has no food and no soldiers, how can it last for a long time? Once Zhongzhou is lost, the next place will either be Huguang, or Hanzhong, or the old nest of thieves - Shaanxi.

The prince of the world does not rest on this festival, and he summoned us and others to discuss the so-called "the world's voice", which must have been expected!

Everyone sighed secretly, and once again awe of Zhu Pingjin's unhexagram prophetic powers. However, they were not in a hurry to sigh, and they were quickly overwhelmed by the next spicy conversation between Shizi and Liao Fu.

The prince asked: "Zhongzhou is the heart of the world." If Kaifeng is not kept, where will the thief go? ”

Liao Fu said: "Or 500,000 thieves, all the people and horses, more than 20 miles wide, boundless."

Henan has no food for thousands of miles, how can these many people stay for a long time?

Shandong, Beizhi, Shaanxi, and Shanxi are also places where there is no food and no food, and thieves will not go.

The sacrifice thief and the fifth battalion of the left are wandering in Anhui. Last month, the Shucheng guard Kong Ting reinforced, offered thieves to change Shucheng to a victorious state, and set up a pseudo-official to order the villagers to recharge. If the thieves go to Anhui, there will be disputes among the thieves.

It was the old minister who thought that the thief must be Huguang!

Huguang is a barn in the world, and the thieves have been in danger for several years! ”

The prince asked again: "Since the thieves have gone to Huguang, where can Huguang be guarded?" On both sides of the Yangtze River, the five cities of Yiling, Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Wuchang and Huangzhou are all famous cities in the world. ”

"Yiling leads the danger of Kuimen, and the Yangtze River is important, so it is natural to guard it. However, the soldiers of Huguang are all gathered in Chengtianfu. Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Wuchang, and Huangzhou have no soldiers and few soldiers, but they can be guarded, and they cannot be abandoned! However, the prince missed a city......"

"Yunyang is the gateway to Hanzhong, you must guard it!"

"Exactly! Huguang patrol press Gao Doushu is stationed in Yunyang. This person is a jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and he is famous for knowing soldiers and guarding well. He once served in the banquet, moved to Changsha to prepare troops, promoted Hu Guangyou to participate in politics, and once defended Changsha with 500 weak soldiers. This person is in the fall, and there is no advantage in the Xing'an portal! ”

"The four cities of Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Wuchang, and Huangzhou can all be abandoned, so where can Huguang be defended?"

"The son of the world is talented, and the use of soldiers is unpredictable. The old minister is mortal with the naked eye, and it is difficult to see the heavens. Don't dare to deceive the world, the old minister thinks about it again and again, and this is one or two experiences! ”

"Liao Gong might as well talk about it!"

"The old minister obeys!

The old minister first talked about military training.

Before Yazhou, the prince practiced grass marked in Bifeng Gorge, and got a strong battalion in ten days. Why choose Bifeng Gorge? The remote mountains here are dangerous, and those in Yazhou can be described as the edge, which is one of them!

After returning to Chengdu, Shizi trained to escort the deserters in Songlin Mountain, and got three battalions of elite soldiers. Why choose Pine Forest Mountain? This place is also remote and dangerous, and it can be said to be on the edge of Chengdu, and this is the second one!

After the battle of Changping Mountain, the prince practiced Zhuang in the Wangzhuang in Sichuan, and then got tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Why choose each king's village? Zhuanghu is usually for the people, wartime for the soldiers, although close to the provincial wall, but hidden in the city, in the government can be described as the edge, this is also the third!

Let's talk about the use of soldiers.

Xinzheng Dam is neither a state or a county, nor a pass, and the prince garrisoned here, intercepting and killing Yao Yuchuan and Yang Bingyin in Changping Mountain and Dayi Mountain in one fell swoop. When the news came, Ben Fu was stunned. He also, Changping Mountain and Dayi Mountain are poor and remote places that are not well known, compared to the towns and villages of Baoning and Shunqing, they are nameless, and they can be described as marginal!

Look at the end-of-year battle again. The Shizi Tun soldiers Shunqing, did not directly attack Yingshan, Quxian, Yuechi, and Guang'an, but sat in Hezhou and Dingyuan, controlled Jialing and Qujiang, and drove the soil tyrants in Guang'an and Yuechi, gathered and annihilated them. Hezhou and Dingyuan, compared with Yuechi and Guang'an, can be described as marginal.

Look at the battle of northern Sichuan again. Wang Chaoyang mutinied in Baoning, and the local tyrants besieged Bazhou, Yuxi and Tongcheng. Bazhou is the center, Yuxi and Tongcheng are the two wings, and the three places are indispensable. But the prince of the world put aside the local tyrant and went straight to Baoning. Wang Chaoyang was appeased, and the troops of the national army and the official army were free, so Tongcheng, Yuxi, and Baoning were lifted one by one, and the local tyrants were defeated, and then there was a victory in northern Sichuan!

The list goes on. It was the old minister who borrowed the word 'strategy' from the son of the world, and called the way of the son of the world to use troops as 'marginal strategy'!

Liao Gong praised it, Mr. Cheng once said: Golden horn and silver edge grass belly! Liao Fu's so-called 'edge strategy' might as well be called a 'corner strategy'.

However, it was Mr. Fenglin who said it thoroughly: build high walls, accumulate grain, and slow down the king. Emperor Taizu Gao used it and won the world. ”

"The son of the world uses soldiers, and he has won the charm of Taizu! The old minister thought that when the prince used his troops, he would find a remote place in Huguang and raise an army in Tuntian. It is not hindered by the regulations of the imperial court, and it is avoided by the thieves...... If the thieves march into Huguang in a big way, the Protector Army can openly raise the banner and fight with the thieves! ”

"Please also ask Liao Gong to make it clear!"

"Those who can avoid the thieves and soldiers, the land of Jiangnan and Huxi! Those who can raise troops in Tuntian, the land of fish and rice in Dongting! It can be a place that can not hinder the regulation of the imperial court, and the country of Huayang Domain! The son of the world is extremely intelligent, and he already has a fixed opinion in his heart, so why bother to play with the old minister! ”

"Hee-hee...... This prince and Liao Gong, as well as all Aiqing...... It's really the same thing that heroes see! ”

The monarchs and ministers in the palace are smiling; The guest of honor in the hall, the feast of joy.

The old fox Liao Tycoon uncovered the mystery, and Zhu Pingjin no longer played hide and seek with the ministers. He announced on the spot the organizational measures, military deployments, and logistical arrangements that must be taken in order to make a large-scale advance into Hunan:

First, He Youyi completed the task of clearing out the rebels within a time limit. The Sixth Regiment absorbed the local righteous people, formed the Zunyi Garrison Regiment of the National Protector Army, and took over the defense of the Zunyi area. The remainder of the Sixth Regiment was transferred to Lizhou, and He Youyi served as the commander and supervisor of the Lizhou Military Region, commanding all the national defense forces in the Lizhou area.

Second, the establishment of the Yiling Security Autonomous Corps of the National Protector Army, with Chen Youfu as the acting commander and Luo Jingyun as the acting superintendent of the army. In the near future, their task is still to organize and escort the displaced people into Sichuan in the name of the security team.

Third, Lu Yinchang's fourth regiment and He Qiukou's fifth regiment also had to complete the task of forming the Bazhou garrison regiment within a time limit, and then withdraw to Chongqing Prefecture to wait for the order to leave Sichuan. The 14th Regiment of the Jia Deng United, which was fighting in Quanjiazhai, withdrew to Chongqing Prefecture for rectification and preparation, preparing to leave Sichuan as originally planned. Tan Sigui's 3rd Regiment suffered huge losses and withdrew to Boryeong Mansion for rectification and replenishment, and merged with the Boryeong Garrison Regiment. As for the 1st and 7th regiments of He Zengshan and Xu Hanqing, they continued to carry out the task of escorting the displaced people into Sichuan.

Fourth, the Chu army Zhang Zuokai performed prominently in the battle of Mengjiashan and withdrew to Shunqing Mansion to reorganize into the 16th Regiment of the Protector Army. Zhang Zuokai concurrently served as the head of the regiment, Cheng Weiguo was the deputy head of the regiment and acting the head of the regiment, Yang Tianbo was the deputy head of the regiment, and Yao Chengguo was the deputy supervisor of the army. The 20th Battalion, the Task Force Battalion and the Yilong Garrison Battalion were reorganized into the 20th, 61st, 62nd and 63rd Battalions, with Cheng Weiguo, Yang Tianbo, Yao Chengguo and Shi Yongxiao serving as the battalion commanders and supervisors of the four battalions.

Fourth, after the capture of Meizhou, Liu Zhenfan's 11th Regiment was stationed at the Songlin Mountain base for comprehensive reorganization. Liu Zhenfan's commander of the Boryeong Military Region was represented by He Qiukou, deputy commander and head of the Fifth Regiment. The 12th, 13th, and 15th regiments and the 4th and 5th cavalry regiments of the official army of North Sichuan Town were gradually reorganized according to the battle situation.

Fifth, in the light of battlefield experience, we should readjust the organization of all regiments and battalions, and on the premise of ensuring political reliability, smooth command, and adequate equipment, optimize the organization of cavalry, artillery, engineering, baggage, reconnaissance, communications, and other arms of each regiment and battalion, and strive to make them the basic units of modern land warfare in which all arms of the armed forces are combined. The First Heavy Artillery Regiment, the First Engineer Regiment, the First Battalion of the Zhouqiao Corps, and the First Mule and Horse Baggage Regiment directly under the Military Aircraft Department were newly built at the Songlinshan Base.

Sixth, six new military bases will be built in Chengdu, Baoning, Chongqing, Luzhou, Yiling, and Lizhou, each of which will be equipped with a water and land transportation battalion of battalion size. The Naval Army's Baggage Regiment directly under the Navy Headquarters was included in the Navy Army's reorganization program.

Seventh, He Gui's sailors returned to Jiangkou as soon as possible to train with the sailors recruited from all over the country, and familiarize themselves with the new Centipede Type 3 warship. After Zeng Ying and others arrived in Chengdu, they decided on the next step of the reorganization plan.

Eighth, the Huguang Branch of the Military Intelligence Bureau was newly established, with Lu San as the director of the Huguang Branch of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The MIA operational team was upgraded to a regimental headquarters and 10 company-sized operational teams. These 10 action teams will form three brigades, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Huguang, which will be under the dual command of the local military intelligence sub-bureau and the operation corps, and will carry out special operations missions in various capacities.

Ninth, the guard battalion was greatly expanded into the first and second guard regiments. The 1st Guard Regiment undertook the task of guarding VIPs and important places, while the 2nd Guard Regiment was a field guard regiment, which served as a personal escort and combat mission when Zhu Pingjin was personally driving. Shu Guoping and Wei Chen served as the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Guard Regiments respectively, and Zheng Anmin and Zhang Wei were respectively appointed as supervisors of the army.

Tenth, before the first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, one hundred and twenty rack battalions were prepared in three batches. Twenty in the first batch, forty in the second batch, and sixty in the third batch. Each rack battalion should be staffed with more than half of the officers and supervisors, and each rack platoon should have at least two politically reliable veterans with combat experience. Newly appointed officers and soldiers of the rack battalion are all reduced in rank by half a grade in their new post before they are expanded into full-fledged combat battalions, but not lower than their current rank.

11. Rapidly extend the police system to the whole province of Sichuan, so that the province has a police department, Fuzhou and counties have police stations, and townships and towns have police shops. In the future, Yiling, Lizhou, and the places recovered by the Protector Army in the future must establish police agencies as soon as possible, and rely on them to screen and suppress the officials and gentry and ordinary people in the recovered areas.

Twelfth, the four headquarters of the post-supervision department drew up a plan based on the above points and secretly issued it to the relevant units.

Secret order activation codename: "Third Brother".

……

Shizi's speech was fast, and the eleven measures were sonorous and powerful. Later, these eleven measures were also called "Dragon Boat Festival Eleven" or "Shu Eleven".

Liao Daheng and other ministers had a good understanding of Zhu Pingjian's working method of brainstorming first and then making an arbitrary decision, and either silently wrote it down or kept nodding their heads.

Gu Jiang, who has just arrived, does not have this kind of cultivation. He was eager to raise his hand to speak several times, but was dragged back by Wu Jishan, who was always paying attention to him.

But in the end, when the prince asked the ministers if there was anything else to add, Gu Jiang was silent. Perhaps he already knew that as a member of the Nan Zhisheng who had not yet officially left the Shu Palace, he had intentionally or unintentionally witnessed the whole process of a major plan on how to seize the world.

Is this a blessing or a disaster for Gu Jiang?

For example, the general named Song Zhenzong on the opposite side did not put down the fist he had raised earlier. Just wait for him Gu Jiang to shout in the hall, "I'd rather be broken than broken", he will take the opportunity to come over and hammer him flat!

……

The will was issued, and Zhu Pingjin swept over the ministers majestically with his eyes, seeing if anyone dared to jump out to oppose it at this time, especially Gu Jiang. He was now only a guest, not a courtier.

However, Gu Jiang's obedient performance made Zhu Pingjin very satisfied. He bowed deeply, looking like a courtier, without the shadow of a madman or a monster at all.

In China, any group anywhere, at any time, needs an authority, the so-called "core". Authority may be enlightened and harmonious, but he is still an authority.

Without authority, things will have to be endlessly argued, ruffled, dragged on, and litigated. Anyone who is not an authority has only two endings if he dares to openly oppose authority: he will either become a new authority or die without a place to be buried.

In this way, Gu Jiang can be used! Zhu Pingjin was overjoyed, but in a blink of an eye, he was worried again: this person's emotional intelligence is low, how to use it?

"Yu Shizi, the minister has a military machine!" Just when Zhu Pingjin was thinking, he only heard Shu Guoping say loudly.

"Mr. Shu is the Minister of Military Aircraft and Chief of the General Staff. The matter involves military aircraft, Mr. Shu said it! Zhu Pingjin replied lightly.

"The prince once warned his ministers: The king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body. But there is one person here, who is not a monarch or a minister, and the minister does not know what to do! It's better to detain him for three years......"

"No need." Zhu Pingjin breathed a sigh of relief and replied loudly: "For the king and the minister (Note 2)!" ”

"Obey the order!"

As soon as Gu Jiang said it, he kowtowed and bowed.

This person who is bent on becoming a great man finally decided not to be a great man under the temptation of Zhu Pingjian. The tradition of traditional Chinese scholars "learning and excelling in learning", Gu Jiang's own sense of participation in the future of the country, coupled with a little inner thirst for worldly fame, made him willingly bow down to the majesty of royal power and the temptation of fame and fortune, and became Zhu Pingjin's minion and accomplice.

Since then, China has lost one great man and one more famous minister. Whether it is a blessing or a curse, a profit or a loss, I am afraid that the parties will never be able to figure it out.

Gu Jiang kowtowed and said that he was a minister, but the ministers didn't take a breath of relief, and saw the eunuch Zhang Wei running in with a red book pouting his ass and reporting the news he had been looking forward to to the prince:

On May 1, the thief Li Zicheng, the Cao thief Luo Rucai and others led the army to attack Kaifeng three times. 500,000 thieves, claimed to be 700,000; On the same day, the governor Ding Qirui and the governor of Baoding, Yang Wenyue, led the thief general Zuo Liangyu, the general Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan and other famous generals to lead the army north to rescue. 180,000 officers and soldiers, claimed to be 400,000.

500,000 against 180,000, Zhu Pingjin and everyone in the hall knew that a battle to determine the fate of the Ming Dynasty had begun. But they couldn't have predicted in advance that this battle would end in such a short time with such a comical ending!

"Duke Liao, Master Zhang's impeachment of you has been sent to Jingshi. Your self-justification should be sent out as soon as possible! ”

"The old minister obeys! It's just that the old minister is a little embarrassed......"

"It doesn't matter! If the emperor likes to hear it, you can write it. Millions of silver to buy a black gauze hat of the overseer, you can afford it! ”

"The minister has his own music!"

Without waiting for Liao Tycoon to receive the order, Zheng Anmin suddenly came out of the queue and bowed to the ground:

"Liao Gongdang personally entered the Beijing to face the saint. One of them is to defend himself in the court; Second...... It is for the prince to marry Miss Luo! ”

The sun sets, sprinkling 10,000 points of golden light.

Standing on the high platform in front of the hall and looking at it, the temple, the red wall, the trees, the people, everything under the eyes are shrouded in a golden and bright world.

Looking at the distant backs of the ministers, a sense of loneliness and fear suddenly hit Zhu Pingjian's heart. He hesitated for a moment, and then softly instructed Zhang Weidao: "By telling Miss Tan, this prince has no time to listen to her report on government affairs tonight." Spread the order to accompany Cao, and go with this son to see Miss Luo! ”

Note 1: Mr. Gu Cheng verified that the time of Li Zicheng's third attack on Kaifeng was May 2, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

Note 2: From the "Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty": Those who have their kings must have their ministers; Whoever has a minister must have a king.