When Su Tiancheng was just about to rest, Wang Dazhi came to report that someone from outside had come to visit.

He didn't care, he came back to his hometown, it is normal for someone to visit, in this era, someone comes to visit, not that he has to know you, some scholars can introduce themselves, anyway, the Ming Dynasty is controlled by scholars. The superiority psychology of the scholars themselves also makes a lot of friends in this area.

"Master Su, don't come to harm's way, I once thought about going to Jiangning County to have a look, but I didn't expect Lord Su to come back for a big wedding."

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Sun, please take a seat, please take a seat."

Sun Chuanting's visit was indeed beyond Su Tiancheng's expectations.

A year ago, he met Sun Chuanting, and the two agreed at that time, a year later, Sun Chuanting went to Jiangning County to have a look, I didn't expect Sun Chuanting to remember so clearly, it seems that Sun Chuanting can become a rare general in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a reason.

"I've long wanted to go to Jiangning County to take a look, Lord Su exterminated Zijin Liang, with less than 5,000 soldiers, facing the opponent's more than 10,000 rogues, and being able to capture Zijin Liang alive, I admired the five-body surrender."

"Don't say that, Lord Sun, it's just a fluke, this time I came back to Shanxi, I'm still thinking, Shanxi's rogues are rampant, some are even active nearby, I heard that some of the rogues have entered Beizhili, to Zhaozhou, Xishan, Shunde, Zhending, it seems that we still have to increase the intensity of the attack."

"Yes, the rogues are rampant, the court is difficult to be peaceful, it takes a lot of silver taels to exterminate the rogues, and the destructiveness of the rogues is also very great. If this continues for a long time, the consequences are unpredictable. ”

"According to Lord Sun's meaning, what method should be taken to exterminate the Liukou."

Su Tiancheng asked this with deep meaning, Sun Chuanting was a famous general in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. The main merit is to exterminate and suppress the peasant rebel army, and great achievements have been made, and finally it was planted in the hands of the peasant rebel army, according to the previous historical trajectory, when Chongzhen was eight years old, Sun Chuanting would come back, and finally in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, he was defeated and died in Tongguan.

Sun Chuanting's tactics. It has a certain advanced nature, and it is also mainly based on the strength of exterminating the rogues, and does not advocate surrender, and in the process of conquest, it also pays attention to local development and constantly expands its own strength. It is also because of these correct propositions that some key victories have been won in the campaign to exterminate the rogues.

It's a pity that I was born at the wrong time. The struggle within the imperial court, the contradictions between him and Yang Sichang. In the end, it bore bad fruit, he once resigned from illness, he was thrown into prison, and the results of his hard work were in vain, and Chongzhen came back again in the eleventh year. Rogue has become the climate.

"Lord Su said this, I'm really embarrassed, I want Lord Su to exterminate Zijin Liang, it is already a famous earthquake to the imperial court, how to exterminate the Liukou. knows it well, if you are judging in the next place, wouldn't it be an axe for the class. ”

Su Tiancheng shook his head helplessly, the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty were almost all literati, Sun Chuanting was a Jinshi in the Wanli period, and it is needless to say that knowledge is understandable, the generals in the army are all hot-tempered and straightforward, this is actually the biggest misunderstanding, there are many Confucian generals in the Ming Dynasty.

"Lord Sun must not have such thoughts, the so-called threesome, there must be my teacher, although Lord Sun is idle at home, but we are all fellow villagers, I think, at the right time, recommend the Lord to the imperial court, Shanxi is deeply affected by the invasion of the rogues, so that the peasants can not produce with peace of mind, such a situation can not exist for a long time."

Sun Chuanting's face flushed, he was already past the age of not being confused, he was twice as old as Su Tiancheng, thinking about Su Tiancheng's tenure as the magistrate of Jiangning County, in less than a year, he had already made such a great contribution, look at himself, during the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian was in chaos, resigned and returned to his hometown, so many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the years have been wasted, and no achievements have been made.

"Lord Su said this, you're welcome, in fact, I am in favor of Lord Su's tactics, to deal with the Liukou, we must exterminate their vitality, unless it is absolutely necessary, we can't appease, to eliminate their vitality as the biggest task, and to exterminate the Liukou, and the resumption of production must be carried out simultaneously, we must appease the people on one side."

Su Tiancheng nodded slightly, this kind of approach can be done once and for all, but unfortunately everyone understands this truth, there are almost no civil and military officials who can really do this, either they just want to be anxious for quick success, and they can't wait to exterminate the rogues tomorrow, or they are wishful thinking that the rogues are forced to rebel, and as long as the court gives favors, they must be able to exterminate them.

Resuming production is not as simple as it says, it requires patience and more efforts, especially after the extermination of the Liukou, how to make the peasants have enough to eat, and not to think of rebellion, for example, in the situation in Henan, the peasants do not support the Liukou, so that the Liukou have no place to live and settle.

"Let's just say that this Zijin Liang was exterminated, and it has been analyzed below, Lord Su once provided disaster relief in Henan, spread the reputation of the imperial court, the farmers were grateful to the imperial court, and thought of stability, unwilling to rebel, Zijin Liang left Shanxi, entered Henan, could not get support, and in desperation, entered Huguang, thinking about taking Huguang and entering Sichuan, in this case, people's hearts are unstable, and they must be panicked, and the adults seized the opportunity to exterminate Zijin Liang in one fell swoop, and made immortal achievements."

"Zijin Liang is the convener of the 36th battalion of the Liukou, leading more than 10,000 people, in Yingshan County, Luzhou Prefecture, was wiped out by adults, this incident caused a great repercussion in Shanxi, the Liukou were a little panicked, and the imperial court increased the intensity of conquest and suppression, most of the Liukou went to the area of Beizhili."

"However, in Shanxi, there is still instability, and there are still several bandits in the vicinity of Fenzhou, Qinzhou, Lu'an, Zezhou, and Pingyang, wandering around, living in no fixed place, and the army of the imperial court is not easy to exterminate."

"To deal with these rogues, I think that we must unify the command, fight steadily, step by step, don't be led by the nose by the rogues, the imperial army, stationed in a fixed place, step by step to compress the space for the rogue activities, and eventually make them have no way out."

The tactics put forward by Sun Chuanting are the traditional thinking and the idea of regular army combat, seeking a head-on confrontation with the rogues, killing and damaging the vitality of the rogues to the greatest extent, compressing the activity space of the rogues, making the rogues unrestful, exhausted, and finally defeated and dragged down.

This tactic cannot be said to be incorrect, but in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, such an idea was a bit naïve.

At the same time, unifying the command of the army is even more taboo, not only the imperial court is not at ease, I am afraid that Zhu Youzhen will mumble, if there are more commanders of the army, everyone's opinions will be even more difficult to unify.

As a matter of fact, in the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign, Yang Sichang's plan to exterminate the rogue bandits was based on unified command, and all localities had to participate in the operational plan to exterminate the rogue bandits.

But if you do this, if you persist for a long time, it will be difficult for the rogue to develop and grow.

But in doing so, there is a big problem, that is, a large amount of silver is consumed, and it is difficult for the imperial court to support it for a long time, but if it does not persist and relax, it will eventually rebound, which is more harmful.

Su Tiancheng did not approve of such a way of fighting.

In fact, he asked the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to train hard, the purpose was clear, that is, to train an invincible division, not only to be able to fight face-to-face with the Liukou and Houjin Eight Banners, but also to be able to run long distances, aren't you Liukou able to run, I run faster than you, once I bite you, you have no place to hide, even if you run to the sky, I will also chase you and pull you down. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng was defeated in the battle of Tongguan, with seventeen people, hiding in the Shangluo Mountain in the southeast of Shaanxi, but unfortunately the imperial army did not make persistent efforts, leaving the biggest hidden danger, resulting in the loss of the capital and the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't speak, Sun Chuanting's expression was a little serious, and he seemed even more focused.

"Lord Sun's tactics are very good, but I think that under the current conditions, it is still to seek various breakthroughs, the imperial court is very difficult, the mobilization of troops in many ways has a lot of difficulty, and the cost of silver taels is also astronomical, if you can train an army, you can fight head-on with the Liukou, and you can also chase down the Liukou who are fleeing everywhere, it is a better choice, such an army, in terms of consumption, is relatively less."

"I understand below, the Jiangning Battalion should be such a force."

"I don't dare to say that, the Jiangning battalion is under construction, the last time the Liukou led by Zijin Liang was a surprise attack, not that the Jiangning Battalion is invincible in the world, the main force of the Liukou is still there, and it has not suffered much damage, besides, the Jiangning Battalion is mainly responsible for the patrol of Jiangning County, not the regular troops of the imperial court."

"Lord Su is humble, on the battlefield, victory or defeat is the best consideration, no matter what way is adopted, as long as you can win, according to the next knowledge of the road, once you exterminate more than 10,000 people, the victory of Yingshan is probably the only time, and it is also the most joyful victory."

Su Tiancheng smiled, did not speak, there are some achievements, there is no need to deliberately conceal them, the great victory of Yingshan has spread all over the country, and concealment has no effect, and the reputation of the Jiangning battalion has also gone out, it is precisely because of this situation that Su Tiancheng asked the Jiangning battalion to expand the army, train more strictly, and completely mature in the shortest possible time.

He didn't believe it, Zhu Youzhen didn't notice Jiang Ningying. (To be continued.) )