He admired Sun Chuanting's military talent very much, and when he saw that he had been looking at the map, he thought that he was thinking about fighting again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Glancing back at Luo Shangwen and shaking his head, Sun Chuanting said: "I am analyzing the pros and cons of the plan of opening the net on four fronts, six corners and ten sides mentioned by Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War. ”

"What do you mean?" Luo Shangwen asked.

Pointing to the large area of Liukou activity on the map with a command baton, Sun Chuanting said in a heavy tone: "Since the first year of Chongzhen (AD 1628) July, Wang Jiayin, Yang Liu, "do not stick to the mud" and other places in Shaanxi Fugu and other places rebelled, the Liukou has been in the Ming Dynasty for nearly ten years, the army has been fighting year after year, and has suffered many times from defeat and frustration, it has been war-weary, morale is low, and the war has been fought year after year, a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed, the court has been short of financial resources, the people are exhausted, although Yang Wenqiang This plan is comprehensive, But it takes ten provinces to cooperate, fortify everywhere, network everywhere, and it costs a lot, and the rogues are not stupid, they will not sit idly by, they only need to send a strong force of men and horses, see the right time, break a node, and they can break the network, so I think this move may not be able to receive the effect he expects. ”

"My lord, since this ten-sided net plan has such drawbacks, why don't you go to the court and ask for the implementation to be stopped or some adjustments made......

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Sun Chuanting said: "I have also written to Yang Wenqiao many times, and explained my views to him in detail, but he didn't accept it at all, but instead accused me. ”

"This Yang Wenqiao is from a famous family, he is proud of his talents, and he has the reputation of knowing soldiers, this plan is the first kick he kicked after he took office as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and it is reasonable that he does not accept your suggestion." Luo Shangwen said.

After being silent for a while, Luo Shangwen said: "My lord, since you took over as governor in March last year, you have rectified the number of military camps in Xi'an and the actual number of soldiers, 11,000 soldiers, 145,000 taels of silver, 1.35 million stone of rice and wheat, and formed the Qin army, but it is ......."

looked at Sun Chuanting, Luo Shangwen wanted to speak and stopped.

Luo Shangwen's demeanor had already been seen by Sun Chuanting, and he smiled and stroked his beard and said, "Shangwen, but what do you have to say?" You and I are one, even if you have something to say, the old man will not blame you. ”

Bowing down, Luo Shangwen said: "The adult's personality, Shang Wen admires it very much, and the adult's courage, Shang Wen admires it even more, but I don't know why the adult only rectifies the governance around Xi'an, and does not rectify the entire Shaanxi?" Wouldn't that have more money and food to recruit more soldiers? ”

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting's expression became very serious, and he didn't speak, just walked to the window and looked at the dark night sky.

Seeing this, Luo Shangwen hurriedly said: "Please don't mind, my lord, it's me who is too talkative." ”

Sun Chuanting turned around, walked slowly to Luo Shangwen's side, looked at him with a tired face, and said slowly in a heavy and painful tone: "The situation in Shaanxi is so grim, I also want to completely rectify it, but I can't...... I don't dare. ”

Why do you say that? Are you afraid of something? Listening to Sun Chuanting's words, Luo Shangwen asked puzzled.

Glancing at him, Sun Chuanting said: "The reason why the Liukou first appeared in Shaanxi is because it is barren and the people live a difficult life, and the other is that the government is too fierce, and the leaders of the Liukou are almost all from Shaanxi, and the reason why the Liukou have been repeatedly suppressed is that there are too many hungry people in the country, and there are sufficient reserves to replenish it, if you want to solve this problem, you have to have a large number of fields, but the vast majority of the land in the imperial court has been annexed by the powerful or rich people, and the same is true for Xi'an, The Qin Wang family alone occupies nearly sixty percent of the total land in Shaanxi, I am just a district governor, with limited power, and I can rectify the surroundings of Xi'an as it is now, I have already done my best, and if I want to rectify the whole of Shaanxi, unless the one above orders it. After speaking, he pointed to the sky.

Listening to Sun Chuanting's words, Luo Shangwen's face darkened, and the air in the room became dull and depressed.

After a while, Sun Chuanting spoke: "Shangwen, you go to the camp tomorrow to count the belongings, and I will also prepare to sell some land and make preparations for the next step." ”

"What are you going to do, sir?" Luo Shangwen asked puzzled.

Sighing, Sun Chuanting said: "Since Yang Wenqiao proposed the encirclement and suppression plan of the ten-sided net plan, I have written to him several times to tell him about the disadvantages of this plan, and I have offended him, this person is narrow-minded and vindictive, and now he is a saint and a scholar of the military department, and he will definitely card me in the future with money and food and soldiers, in order to avoid being made difficult by him, I must prepare early." ”

"Huh? My lord, although the Qin army under your command is an army formed by you, it is also the army of the imperial court, how can you ask you to pay for it out of your own pocket, you can't do this......" Luo Shangwen persuaded him.

Sun Chuanting knew that he had good intentions, and he was not annoyed, he smiled and said, "Shangwen, in fact, I have several advantages to doing this. ”

"What's the benefit?" Luo Shangwen asked.

With a smile, Sun Chuanting said: "You know the combat effectiveness of the official army, military discipline is corrupt, officers are greedy for life and afraid of death, such an army is purely a waste of money and food, I have long wanted to form a team like the Qi family's army, so last year I only formed a team like the Qin army in Yulin, I don't want this team to be in trouble in the future because of the problem of food and salary, with the Qin army in hand, one can deter the rogues, the second can deter the court officers who do not obey the general's orders, and the third is that there is such a strong army in hand, Speaking in the court also carries weight. ”

Listening to what Sun Chuanting said, Luo Shangwen thought about it for a while, and felt that it made sense, so he said with a smile: "Since the adults have said it so clearly, the last general will not worry." ”

At this time, Sun Chuanting asked, "What happened to the scorpion block Tuoyangkun after he surrendered?" Is it still safe? ”

"It's okay at the moment, and it looks like a real surrender." Luo Shangwen said.

Scorpion block Tuoyangkun, the late Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi Qingjian people. He was a general of the fourth team of Gao Yingxiang's department, and was later included in the 36th battalion. He once joined forces with Li Zicheng to fight in Qingyang and Zhenning, and defeated the Ming army. It was transferred to Henan, forced into Fengyang, and traveled between Henan and Shaanxi. A month ago, he and Li Zicheng and others jointly attacked Jingyang and Sanyuan, and after continuous setbacks, they surrendered to Sun Chuanting.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Chuanting said: "These rogues are in turmoil, in order to prevent them from rebelling, they must be secretly prepared, and it is best to place people around him." ”

Hearing this, Luo Shangwen thought about it and said: "What the lord said is reasonable, there is a person named Wu Dading under his subordinates, this person turned out to be a showman, the scorpion block Tuoyangkun's subordinates killed his parents and wife when they attacked the county seat, in order to survive, he had to follow the scorpion block to wander around, because of literacy, so it is very important to Tuoyangkun, this person wants to be an official, as long as he is entrusted with a certain official position, he can be subdued." ”

"You can do this, and you can promise him a guard." Sun Chuanting said.

"Don't worry, sir." After speaking, the two discussed some military affairs, and Luo Shangwen resigned.

Zuo Liangyu took 10,000 cavalry, starry night, rushed to Yunyang, and joined forces with Chen Hongfan, the chief soldier of Denglai. The two of them therefore had a total of 40,000 horses and horses, after the two armies met, morale was greatly boosted, Chen Hongfan said happily: "General Zuo, thank you for bringing troops to help, with your 10,000 cavalry, we can exterminate the thieves in Yunyang." ”

After listening to Chen Hongfan's words, Zuo Liangyu said: "General Chen, this thief is my brother and enemy, I have long wanted to kill him, but this thief is too cunning to capture his main force, the adult blocked him in Yunyang, so that I have another good opportunity to eliminate him, to say thank you, I have to thank the Lord first." ”

"Good! Good! Good! , the two of us worked together to destroy this thief, so that we could not only avenge the general's killing of my brother, but also remove a harm for the court, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. ”

When the army came to a place ten miles away from the camp of Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army yesterday, it probed the horse and reported: "The thief has fled and does not know where to go." ”

"What? Wasn't it still there yesterday at noon when you sentry? Chen Hongfan asked in disbelief.

Several scouts knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The rogue team that offered thieves at noon yesterday was indeed here, and the villains dared to vouch for the head of the item. ”

"Mr. Chen, this thief is extremely cunning, it may have escaped quietly in the second half of the night last night, let's go over and take a look at their camp." Zuo Liangyu said

"It's good! I hope to see some traces of the thief's escape. After speaking, Chen Hongfan and Zuo Liangyu galloped away.

Soon the two of them took hundreds of cavalry to the camp of Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army yesterday, and after careful observation, they sent several waves of scouts to detect the traces of the Liukou in four directions.

After a while, several waves of scouts returned, and they knelt down on one leg to report: "Report to the two generals, we have already explored it, and there is no trace of the rogue team except for a few officers and soldiers who participated in the encirclement and suppression twenty miles away. ”