Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, spring passed and midsummer arrived.

It has been three months since Su Tiancheng entered Sichuan.

The scorching hot weather has a certain impact on people's emotions, this summer, Sichuan is particularly restless, officials at all levels are a little panicked, they all know that Shaanxi has undergone great changes, the governor used to be the governor of Shaanxi, after coming to Sichuan, the implementation of Shaanxi's practice, suppressing the power of the gentry and wealthy households, cracking down on the arrogance of the powerful, and protecting the interests of the people, but His Royal Highness the Prince is also in favor of this approach, which makes all the officials unable to confide in their suffering. The imperial court was collectively silent, and did not dare to propose impeachment against Sichuan's practices, after all, if they wanted to impeach, the direct object would be His Royal Highness the Prince.

The confrontation between the Jiangning battalion, the Sichuan Weisho army, and the Liukou became more and more tense, and small-scale battles took place in Kuizhou, Baoning, Longan, Tongchuan, Chengdu, Chongqing, and other places, and the two sides won and lost each other, but one thing was clear, that is, Su Tiancheng had always stood still and did not carry out large-scale encirclement and suppression.

The reorganized 15,000 white-pole soldiers basically became part of the Jiangning battalion, which also made the total strength of the Jiangning battalion close to 80,000, and to a great extent, enhanced the momentum of the Jiangning battalion. The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were divided into three parts, one part was stationed in Kuizhou, one part was stationed in Chengdu, and one part was stationed in Baoning, forming a triangle that actually blocked the route for the rogues to escape.

Because the military salary began to be paid in full, Qin Liangyu began to verify the number of troops in the guard.

Qin Liangyu is a local, familiar with the situation, and with the Shang Fang sword in his hand, the Wei Commander would never dare to think of falsely reporting to the sergeant and greedy for ink and silver, it didn't matter what he did before. Now that he has done this, he may not be able to lose his head, behind Qin Liangyu are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Su Tiancheng, and no one can shake it. Therefore, the number of sergeants was truthfully reported to the various guard posts, even though the money was very tempting. But his life is even more precious.

Among them, Kuizhou Wei, Baoning Wei, Long Anwei and Tongchuan Wei, because there were few sergeants left, either fled, or mutinied, and went to Liukou, so in this cleanup, a thorough transformation was carried out, and only one guard was retained. The remaining sergeants, after careful screening, were grouped together and stationed in Long An Province.

The strange thing is that after such a combination, the combat effectiveness of the Long Anwei army has increased significantly, and after several skirmishes with the Liukou, they were able to win. also dared to take the initiative to attack, which was a surprise to many people.

Of course. The efforts made by Su Tiancheng in this are unknown to outsiders, he gave Qin Liangyu enough power, and he was resolute in the implementation of military salaries and clear rewards and punishments, but he only achieved this. The appearance of the army has changed greatly, and its combat effectiveness has begun to slowly recover.

Qu Qingze rushed back to Kuizhou non-stop.

Zhu Cihong, Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou, Qin Sande and others looked serious.

Everyone knows that the time for a decisive battle may be coming, once the information is confirmed. After grasping the movements of the Liukou, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion stationed in Kuizhou, Chengdu and Baoning were about to start moving.

After three months of tempering, Zhu Cihong's body has a surprising maturity, no matter who it is, when they see Zhu Cihong, they can't believe that this is a child less than eleven years old.

Qu Qingze began to report the situation, which was clear, and he mainly talked about three aspects of information.

The first is the movement of the Liukou, according to the analysis of intelligence from all sides, there are signs of large-scale action in the Liukou, so much time has passed, the supply of the Liukou is limited, the people in the vicinity do not have so much food supply, and the autumn harvest season is approaching, the Liukou need a large-scale operation to replenish the grain and grass.

The second is the trend of Houjin, in the past two months, the mutual market between Anningbao and Jingbian was unusually hot, and the trading volume was very large, the focus was on the trade of grain and iron tools, and the transport team was constantly sending grain to the grasslands and deserts, and the grain in Shaanxi was obviously not satisfied, and most of the merchants began to purchase grain from the south and transported it to the area of Anningbao and Jingbian, and many businessmen began to contact the peasant households in various parts of Shaanxi, and even paid silver taels in advance and set up grain.

The third is that there is chaos in the grassland tribes, last year and the beginning of this year, the grasslands suffered a rare wind and snow, this disaster has a great impact, causing many tribes in the grassland, into an unprecedented disaster, the situation is better is the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe, because they can trade on a large scale in the mutual market, large-scale purchase of grain, so the tribes are not only not affected, but also signs of growth, some tribes began to bow down to the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, hoping to get assistance.

But the appearance of this situation in the Houjin is hateful, the Houjin once conquered the entire Mongolian tribes, but because of the Jiangning camp sideways, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe out of control, slowly began to get closer to the Ming Dynasty, plus the heirs of the two tribes entered the Ming Dynasty as hostages, and the two tribes in the mutual market transactions, got great benefits, the strength has grown significantly, so at the end of last year, the leaders of the two tribes personally went to the capital and expressed their submission.

The Houjin did not dare to send troops to attack these two tribes, first, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were stationed in the area of Anningbao and Jingbian, eyeing each other, and second, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe were originally capable of fighting, and if these two forces combined and penetrated into the Houjin Manchurian Eight Banners in the Hetao area, they would never dare to say that they would be able to win.

However, the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe occupy a small territory, and they are all in the Hetao area, and the impact on the entire grassland is not very great, Houjin can still bear it for the time being, but as some tribes slowly begin to take refuge in the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe, Houjin can't help it.

So the fighting of the steppe began to appear.

Some tribes banded together to attack the Xibe and Daurian tribes, and despite repeated defeats, some were not afraid of death.

Through investigation, the reason for this became clear, it turned out that the Later Jin Emperor Taiji promised a lot of money and instigated some tribes to attack the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe.

When Qu Qingze reported the situation, he concealed the most important point, that is, the arms trade from Song Sijun was an important reason for these conflicts, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe purchased a large number of firearms from Song Sijun's hands, including some artillery, and Houjin Shangjia also bought a large number of arquebuses from Song Sijun's hands, but could not buy artillery, as for ammunition, it was the most precious thing, and Song Sijun provided more to the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe. Houjin didn't get that much ammunition.

The Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe also knew that Houjin was also buying firearms, but they knew better that they could get enough ammunition, and Houjin couldn't get it, and from this aspect, they didn't have the slightest opinion, which was also the fundamental reason why other tribes attacked together, but always failed.

In the past, many tribes in the steppe united to attack their two tribes, and I am afraid that they would have fled far away.

This continued.

But recently, the leaders of the two tribes found Song Sijun and cried, saying that it was other tribes, I don't know where Lu Dao got a powerful cannon, and the solid bullets sent out can smash people and horses like baked cakes, and the leaders of the two tribes also brought drawings, and Song Sijun saw that this was a general cannon.

Song Sijun hesitated, if the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe were provided with a general's cannon, and a flowering shell, this secret would soon be spread, Houjin Tartar had a general's cannon, but there was no flowering shell, and the flowering shell of the general's cannon was huge, and once it was put into the grassland battlefield, it might cause a huge shock.

After Qu Qingze finished reporting, everyone began to discuss.

There is a lot of information, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, but one thing is clear, as the Jiangning battalion began to exterminate the rogues, all parties began to move.

The Jiangning battalion entered Sichuan to exterminate the Liukou, which caused so many things, which Hong Chengchou and others did not expect before, but now they will not feel strange, Su Tiancheng has analyzed many times, the extermination of the Liukou is not only an internal battle, it has affected all aspects, once the imperial court pacifies the Liukou, the Houjin and the Mongolian tribes will feel that the danger is approaching, especially the Houjin, will become the next target of the Ming Dynasty, so they must muddy the water.

The white pole soldiers suffered a fiasco, and there were arquebuses and Fran machine guns and tiger squat cannons on the battlefield, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others knew that there was something strange in this, Su Tiancheng later analyzed the reasons with them, and everyone thought that Houjin supported the Liukou, and the danger was very great, and this connection must be interrupted, otherwise the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion would suffer more or less.

Su Tiancheng spoke after the most reluctance.

"The intelligence is basically clear, it is now the beginning of June, and it is about to enter the autumn harvest season, this time point is very critical, and it cannot affect the autumn harvest because of the extermination of the Liukou, I estimate that the Liukou must be thinking, in the autumn harvest season, there is a big move, the Jiangning battalion and the Sichuan Guard Army, must comprehensively strengthen the vigilance, the main task of this period of time is to ensure the smooth progress of the autumn harvest, after the end of the autumn harvest, we will go out in front, no matter what kind of situation we see, we must exterminate the Liukou, Don't give the rogues any respite. ”

Su Tiancheng's words set the time for the extermination of the Liukou, which also indicates that the decisive battle with the Liukou is only a little more than a month away, and the comprehensive preparations are about to begin. (To be continued......)