Chapter 687: To each according to his needs
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Although this battle was made by him from beginning to end, he must not appear in public because of his status as a vassal king. It is not appropriate to let Li Laiheng and other generals take the lead, after all, their defense area is not there, and they have to take responsibility for their actions without orders. And if you do such a big thing, sooner or later it will shock the world, and it will be impossible to cover it.
Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Zhu Youzhen ordered Li Dingguo to rush to Guyuan at night and notified Zhou Yanru, the governor of Yansui, first.
Zhou Yanru was originally very nourishing in Guyuan. In fact, he succeeded Sun Chuanting as the governor of Yansui, which was a hot potato, not only to face the northwest thieves, but also to be sandwiched between the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, and the eunuch Li Qin, the eunuch of Xi'an, who was splinted.
Zhou Yanru had no foundation in the DPRK, and he was forced to take office as cannon fodder. But since they arrived in Guyuan, the thieves from all over the country were afraid of the prestige of the Qin soldiers, and they all fled far away; Although the imperial court did not allocate food and salary, several of his generals had their own fields, and they did not need to pay a tael of silver from him, the governor, so Zhou Yanru was very relaxed for a while.
How did he know that within a few days of being free, Li Dingguo brought him the bombshell of "reset"! Zhou Yanru was first shocked, then angry, and finally overjoyed!
Surprisingly, the imperial court has always defended the Mongol phalanx and has never taken the initiative to attack; There are tens of thousands of people in the Ordos Department, but there are only a few thousand Qin soldiers, but this time he took the initiative to provoke others, fortunately he won, if he loses a big defeat, or even leads the Mongolian army into the Kou, he, the governor of Yansui, will live to the end.
Angry, as a dignified governor, the generals under him didn't take him seriously at all, such a big military operation, he was actually notified after the fact, it can be seen that he is completely a decoration!
But after thinking about it repeatedly, Zhou Yanru turned his anger into ecstasy. He has now fully understood that the Qin soldiers did not intend to listen to their own dispatch from the beginning, they have their own deployments, and most of the people who are in control behind the scenes are Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin.
If there is a big chaos today, and the traitorous ministers are in charge, although he Zhou Yanru is conceited and has learned from others, he suffers from no one and is complaining about the heavens and others; And from Zhu Youzhen, his Qin Wangzhuang and Qin Bing, Zhou Yanru saw a shortcut to prosperity.
He knew that the King of Qin was the emperor's own brother and was extremely favored; He also knew that King Qin and Wei Zhongxian were in the same boat, and they could tear their faces at any time; He also knew that Wei Zhongxian relied on the perverse behavior of the apocalypse and caused the world's public outrage; He also knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was frolicking, and the dragon's body had been deteriorating recently, and he still had no heir...
Therefore, after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Yanru made a fierce bet and decided to take this matter as an opportunity to join the camp of King Qin. Facing the olive branch stretched out by Zhu Youzhen, Zhou Yanru grabbed it. Therefore, there is that piece of "reversing black and white". In there, Zhou Yanru specially chose to say things that were beneficial to Qin Bing, and said that the planning of the whole thing was his own idea, which seemed to be a credit on the surface, but in fact, Zhu Youzhen was cleared up.
And Zhou Yanru also has his own merits, don't look at him and Tianqi have never met, Tianqi is also known as the "Carpenter Emperor", but Zhou Yanru can accurately grasp the mind of Tianqi. From the previous series of events, Zhou Yanru has seen it very thoroughly: in the general government and politics, the apocalypse disdains to intervene, but he is still concerned about military affairs. The reason is also very simple, no matter how mediocre an emperor is, he is not willing to lose the country. Moreover, since the apocalypse ascended the throne, the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly, which has really made this long-lived lord very faceless, and he urgently needs a big victory to boost his confidence.
That's why Zhou Yanru dared to say that the responsibility was on himself, because he expected that the apocalypse would recognize this big victory. Sure enough, the Apocalypse Longyan Dayue and Zhou Yanru won the gamble, and suddenly became a famous minister in the world, and his limelight even overshadowed the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou.
The biggest credit was given to Zhou Yanru, but Zhu Youzhen didn't care. He doesn't care about those false names, he values real benefits more. After this battle, Qin Bing became a big fat man in one bite!
First of all, the people, in this battle, almost all the Ordos Department was wiped out, in addition to those killed in the battle, more than 30,000 people were captured. Zhu Youzhen's plan was to bring them all back to the gate, first shut them up for a short time, and then release those who were more honest and do hard labor under the supervision of Qin Bing. Now what he lacks most is manpower, reclamation, road construction, river work, brick burning, etc., all require a large number of manpower, so that these Mongols can accept labor reform and atone for their previous aggression, and Qinwangzhuang does not need to spend a copper plate in addition to providing basic food, which is very suitable.
The second is horses, this time the Qin soldiers harvested nearly 10,000 Mongolian horses at once, and the cavalry strength has been greatly strengthened. With these war horses, not only can the cavalry battalions and vehicle battalions of the existing regiments be well equipped, but also a solid foundation has been laid for the continued expansion of the army.
And then there's the silver. The nobles of the Ordos Department have a lot of wealth, and this time it all belongs to Zhu Youzhen. More than 500,000 taels of silver alone were seized, and nearly 100,000 taels of gold were seized, and the reserve funds of Qinwangzhuang more than doubled at once. As for those pearls, agate, jade and other things, they are worth hundreds of thousands of taels if they are bought and sold casually, and it can be said that for a long time, Zhu Youzhen will no longer have to worry about financial problems.
Then there are the cattle and sheep. The greatest wealth of ordinary Mongolians is cattle and sheep, and each household must have at least dozens of heads, and the Qin soldiers have accumulated nearly 100,000 heads. However, the Mongols raised cattle and sheep for meat and milk, but Zhu Youzhen was different, he planned to train all the cattle to be cultivated cattle, and the sheep were sold directly.
Because he knew that raising cattle and sheep needed a large area of grassland, and it was impossible for Qin soldiers to stay in the Hetao area, and there were no conditions for large-scale breeding on the Loess Plateau. He still vaguely remembers that in his previous life, he advocated a "low-carbon life", and one of the reasons was that for every kilogram of beef and mutton produced, more than 20 kilograms of cereals would be consumed. Of course, eating beef and drinking milk is good for the body, but Zhu Youzhen must solve the problem of food and clothing first, so he will not develop into animal husbandry.
As for other materials, such as tents, weapons, etc., Zhu Youzhen didn't bother to calculate carefully, and directly divided the things and handed them over to several generals to take back to their respective stations. It only took more than ten days for them to set out on the expedition, but they came back for a full month and a half, if nothing else, there were too many booty for the captives and cattle and sheep to catch up!
Of course, Zhu Youzhen would not go back slowly with the large army, he and Li Laiheng returned to Juzhou first, prepared for the transfer of supplies, and were busy for several days.
After counting on his fingers, it has been more than a month since he left Qin Wangzhuang, and Zhu Youzhen is already like an arrow, and he really wants to fly back to the palace with his wings and reunite with several ladies and his good daughter. But what he never expected was that an earth-shattering conspiracy was slowly approaching him!