Chapter 71 The Road to Shu is Difficult (1)

Bai Yijie stretched out his head and leaned over to watch together, and asked, "What is the strategy of moving the brocade to the real side?" ”

"That was before I arrived at Jinghu." Zheng Yunming sighed: "At that time, I was very naΓ―ve in politics, and once took advantage of the occasion of a banquet with my father at home, and proposed to transfer some of the residents' officials and property of Chengdu to the southwest, as the second government of Sichuan Road, this mention was made based on the judgment that Shukou's defense was weak and Chengdu would definitely fall." At that time, it was just a very immature opinion, so I had the courage to mention it in front of His Majesty, and now I will break out in a cold sweat every time I think about it. ”

"But you, this Jianyi, under the planning of the official family and Zhao's pacification envoy, seems to have fallen into reality." Zhao Kui knocked on the Sichuan-shaped shΓ¬ diagram on the table: "Since last year, Chengdu has begun to transfer the population of the government and the people and the treasury to the southwest. ”

"I've heard about it too," Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "Zhao Dashuai thinks he is lonely, and if he doesn't communicate with Jinghu, doesn't he know how many ears and eyes the generals of Jinghu have in Sichuan?" What happened in Sichuan, can you hide it from Jinghu, but I heard that Zhao Zhizhi forced the people to relocate, and his attitude was very urgent, and he forcibly drove the residents to Kuizhou Road in the face of the boiling opposition of the fathers and elders in Shuzhong, so that the Yushitai had a voice to impeach him."

"So what?" Meng Heng said: "Now they have all escaped from the Mongolian butcher's knife for the time being. But the matter is not over, how can the Mongols stop after occupying Chengdu? Next, it is inevitable to take Kuizhou down the river with a more fierce offensive. The father of Kawanaka is in danger of being tired from time to time, and he really needs a hero to come to the rescue."

At this point, he suddenly stopped, and everyone in the study unanimously looked at Zheng Yunming. Although the official document of the Privy Council did not say it explicitly, how could the Privy Council be able to compete with the emperor's handwriting, no matter how big it was? Even the privy envoys and prime ministers could not refute the emperor's face. What's more, Zheng Yunming trained troops in Jinghu to prepare for war, opened firearms, rebuilt city defenses, and fought against the Mongols, and his reputation gradually spread to the Beijing Division. The four Ming people in the court and the central government have not yet recovered their vitality, and everyone is happy to see Zheng Xianggong's son promoted as soon as possible and become a force against the four Ming people as soon as possible.

Zheng Yunming got up and said, "The official decree is naturally obligatory. But this side of Xiangyang"

Zhao Kui said with a smile: "Hugh wants to use Xiangyang as an excuse to shirk, Tath is in such a hurry, there will be no more plans to go south in three years." If the thief attacks with 100,000, I and Meng Du can defend it. "What he said is true, although Zheng Yunming has contributed a lot in the defense of Jinghu, but it is just a matter of the size of the Warring States, even if Zheng Yunming is not in Jinghu, Zhao Kui has enough strength to deal with the comeback of the north.

Zheng Yunming walked back and forth in the study twice, and said: "I'm still not at ease, so I will leave the Tulong Army here, and Ji Zhi and Meng Shuai will each send 3,000 people to me and let me take them to Shuzhong." ”

The Tulong First Army, among the armies of Jinghu, has the strongest firearms and the best equipment, and Yang Luo has the reputation of a small house, Zheng Yunming left this army in Jinghu, almost leaving half of the combat power. But if he had to cotogether a mixed army of only 10,000 men to face the attack of the Mongol army of 100,000, everyone would think that he was simply beyond his strength.

"Don't panic, as I said, if you die, Kuoduan can't stay in Sichuan, it's worth quickly collecting troops and going back to consolidate their dominant position on the grassland." Zheng Yunming said: "What's more, Sichuan is not without soldiers and generals, when I get there, the generals will be organized and it is enough to deal with the partial division of the Mongolian army." ”

"Whatever part you want, just open your mouth." Zhao Kui said: "I can remind you that Sichuan is not as good as Jinghu, there are not so many waterways that can be used in all directions, you have to pick people, it is best to pick some brothers who are used to fighting in the mountains." ”

"All you need is Qin Wu to bring a part of the loyal army." Zheng Yunming asked: "But I don't know if the system envoy can endure the pain and cut love?" ”

Zhao Kui waved his hand: "It was originally your person, what do you say to cut your love, and I will give you another soldier." ”

He pointed to the junction of Kuizhou and Chengdu and said: "If you have the ambition to recover Chengdu in the future, you cannot rely on infantry and Mongol cavalry to fight in the open area, I will transfer Yao Zhong and his Xuanfeng army to your command, and in the future, when fighting on flat ground, make good use of a small number of cavalry, so that the enemy army will not be able to clash." ”

He was willing to give up half of the most elite cavalry in Jinghu, and Zheng Yunming also accepted it honestly and unceremoniously, one is that the Sichuan region is not all mountainous, and there is a lot of use for cavalry, and the other is that he doesn't have to worry about Zhao Kui's short cavalry, just the battle of Xiangyang The Song army captured 5,000 horses, and the expansion of cavalry is just a matter of time.

Zhao Kui expressed his attitude, Meng Heng couldn't help but say something, he said to Zheng Yunming: "I will pay you all the subordinates in the front army, the former army is under the command of Zhao Wu, the brother of Humble Jing, Zhao Wu has nothing to say about kung fu and governing the army, but sometimes he is reckless, and I hope the officials will mention more." ”

Generally, the front army of the army is elite, because in this era, the victory or defeat of the vanguard army is very high, so the front army must be the strongest combat force in the whole army.

Zheng Yunming said: "Originally, I wanted to take this opportunity to show up in Jinghu to revitalize the people's livelihood, but today it seems that it is impossible to take care of it, only to close the position and transfer the affairs of the envoy, all the affairs of Bai Yijie, I hope that the two marshals will take care of the public assistant, and the economy of Jinghu will prosper again. ”

He also said: "Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Ezhou Manufacturing Bureaus cannot be abandoned for a moment. Now Pei Gen has begun to study the arquebus mechanism, and when the research of this mechanism is completed, the arquebus gun system will be opened immediately, and this research may not be completed in a year, but it must be persistently promoted. The Mongols have suffered a great loss in firearms this time, and with the strength of Mongolia's great power, they will certainly go all out to promote the research of firearms, and the next time they come, they will certainly bring firearms that are not inferior to ours in quantity and quality. At that time, we must come up with better firearms to contend with them. ”

"There is another matter" Zheng Yunming gently knocked on the Kuizhou place on the map: "Most of the officials in Sichuan Prefecture and counties have abandoned the city and left, and there are not enough officials and generals to rebuild the grassroots political power. ”

"Do you still need to mention this one by one? Look at what we did in Jinghu, where there was a vacancy for state and county officials, we first sent troops to station, and then stationed the generals of the army and took charge of civil affairs, and it was the officials who waited for the arrival of the imperial court. Zhao Kui said: "You look forward and backward, the suspicious and changeable temperament must always be changed, just right, I recommend you a person, this person was originally from my shogunate, and now Huaidong has set up his subordinates as the chief bookkeeper, and he is resolute and decisive, which will definitely be beneficial to you." ”

"The person recommended by the system must be a person with a bright heart. It's a pity that I can't wait for him too long, and if I can't catch up with Xiangyang within three days, I can only go to Sichuan to report. Zheng Yunming said and stood up: "I will say goodbye, the deputy capital of the shogunate and the deputy capital of the Yamen also need to be divided into two halves, half with me into Shu, half of them will stay in Jinghu to continue to serve, tonight we will divide the rights and responsibilities, and then set off." The situation in Sichuan cannot be delayed for a moment. ”

Although Zheng Yunming was suspicious and cautious when making a decision, once the decision was made, it could be described as vigorous and resolute. Nearly 100,000 Song troops in Xiangyang were originally able to return to their stations after the Mongolian army retreated, and Meng Heng's army came as reinforcements, and it was particularly convenient to return.

Before leaving, Zheng Yunming was nervously preparing for the trip, and also seized the time to receive several groups of people.

The first to meet is Xiangfan Haoqiang Liu Tingmei, Liu Tingmei responded to Zheng Yunming's call to gather and merge forts and change small villages into big villages last year. Forts were built at dangerous points, and while running granges and businesses, farmers were trained daily to be militia. Therefore, his farmer has a very strong fighting ability, although the Mongol army attacked Xiangfan on a large scale, and also attacked Liu Tingmei's fortress with large soldiers several times, but they could not be attacked. On the contrary, the Liu brothers seized the opportunity to fight several beautiful raids, capturing hundreds of people, Liu Tingmei came to see this time, in addition to escorting the prisoners and seizing flags and golden drums to receive rewards, there is also one thing to ask for.

"This time I came to meet the officials to say goodbye." Liu Tingmei sighed: "I'm old, and I can't fight the Hu people every year. Moreover, with the help of the officials, the Liu family's fields in Xiangfan are no longer the bulk of the income, and there are many new businesses to take care of in Ezhou and Yueyang, so I am ready to move the family house to the south. ”

Zheng Yunming was stunned for a moment, in this era, unless it is a war to avoid disaster, it is a very rare thing to take the initiative to move the house, but after thinking about it carefully, it is clear that after all, the land of Xiangfan will be the main battlefield of the Song and Mongolian wars in the future, and the war will inevitably continue, and it is better to go now than to be forced to leave in the future.

"Then where is Liu Weng going to settle down in the future?" Zheng Yunming asked: "Tens of thousands of tenants in Xiangfan, can they give up?" ”

Liu Tingmei waved her hand and said: "Naturally not, and I also need to be taken care of in the glass workshop in Xiangyang, I came today to ask the officials for this matter." ”

He shouted outside the door: "Liu Yicheng, come in and meet Zheng Guanren!" A burly young man walked in the door and bowed down to Zheng Yunming.

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