Sun Chengzong sent a letter.

The living environment of the rogues has been greatly compressed, and there is Sun Chengzong's credit.

After presiding over the extermination of the Liukou matter, Sun Chengzong took a steady and steady approach, approaching step by step, not in a hurry at all, although this consumed a lot of money and food, but because of the support of Jiangning County and City, the imperial court was still able to deal with it, because of Sun Chengzong's prestige and qualifications, Fuzhou County in Shanxi, Shaanxi, also gave some support.

After a few months, Sun Chengzong did not rush to fight the Liukou, and strictly ordered the guards in Shanxi, Shaanxi, including the border soldiers of Datong and Yulin, to always pay attention to the movement trajectory of the Liukou, focusing on suppressing the activity space of the Liukou.

After all, Shaanxi is the nest of the rogues, and the government's attitude towards the people is not very good, so Sun Chengzong's move can only limit the activity space of the rogues, and it is impossible to completely trap the actions of the rogues.

The Henan Prefecture's project to dredge and rectify the Yellow River has brought into play tremendous results.

Many farmers in Shaanxi and Shanxi rushed to Mengjin, Henan Province to participate in the project, and through their publicity, more farmers arrived, relatively speaking, the local farmers in Henan Province have become a small group.

This had an unpredictable impact on the Rogues.

The situation in Henan Mansion has been passed on in a steady stream, of course, there is a role in the dark line of Jinyiwei, and some situations have been exaggerated, causing some of the displaced people who have joined the team of the Liukou, their thoughts have fluctuated, and they want to go to Henan Mansion to pan for gold and live a stable life.

The leader of the Rogue has noticed such a trend, so he said. The decision was made that during the Spring Festival, we must fight with the official army, at least attack the county seat of Fuzhou, and get sufficient supplies to stabilize the morale of the army.

Such a situation has arisen. Sun Chengzong suggested that the Jiangning battalion could be dispatched, and after the investigation of the movements of the Liukou was clear, the imperial army and the Jiangning battalion would unite to carry out a fatal blow to the Liukou.

There was information on the table with hidden lines, including a letter from Sun Chengzong.

There are some situations that Su Tiancheng has long known, and the secret line has continuously sent information, which has already made him feel. The time for the Jiangning battalion to dispatch is imminent.

It is precisely because of this reason that the project of dredging and repairing the Yellow River was hurriedly launched, and Su Tiancheng knew that once he left Henan Mansion, he began to exterminate the Liukou, most of his energy. It's going to be involved.

The project of dredging the Yellow River has produced such a significant effect. This is something Su Tiancheng did not expect.

The dark line has penetrated deep into the rogue team, and more and more news has been sent, and the dark line has disturbed the rogue team, which is also the task arranged by Su Tiancheng. Although the team of Liukou is huge, most of them are composed of displaced people, those who mutined in the Ming Dynasty in the past. In the course of the campaign, almost none of them were exterminated, and it can be said that the combat effectiveness of the rogues has been greatly weakened.

But it can't be taken lightly over time. These outcasts were also able to grow up quickly and become soldiers who could fight well again.

More than 20 days have passed since the Yellow River dredging and remediation project, and the clean-up of the riverbed is nearing completion.

This Spring Festival, Su Tiancheng, like most officials, spent time on the construction site, including Liu Xun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, who also stuck to Henan Mansion.

Time has entered the ninth year of Chongzhen.

Many things in Henan Prefecture have been arranged, and the officials of Fuzhou County know what they want to do, so they don't need to worry too much about this.

After the establishment of the artillery battalion, Song Sijun had already purchased red-coated cannons, generals' runs, tiger squat guns, and furlong guns, and all the flintlock muskets were fully equipped, and the most important thing was that Song Sijun's arms sales and smuggling achieved fruitful results, and in more than two months, the Jiangning battalion received an income of more than two million taels of silver, and such a lucrative arms smuggling business was something Su Tiancheng did not expect.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

The time has come to attack, and the condition of the rogues is not good, so it is a good opportunity.

Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang and Xiong Zijian entered the house, and when they entered, everyone saw the letter on the table at a glance.

"Lord Xiong, this is a letter from Lord Sun Chengzong, you can help read it."

Xiong Zijian nodded, took the letter handed over by Su Tiancheng, and began to read it.

Gradually, the room began to quiet down, and Sun Chuanting and Bi Maokang's expressions began to become serious.

After Xiong Zijian finished reading, Su Tiancheng picked up a piece of paper next to the letter, which was the information gathered by the dark lines sorted out by Su Tiancheng, in fact, these situations are more important than Sun Chengzong's letter.

Su Tiancheng personally read out this sorted out letter, and while reading it, he briefly analyzed the relevant situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the case, according to my expectations, after the first month, the Jiangning battalion may be going on an expedition, this time the expedition, the task facing it is not light, all the situations are here, favorable and unfavorable conditions, I just said, please talk about your views."

The first to speak must be Sun Chuanting.

"My lord, the Jiangning battalion is attacking to exterminate the Liukou, the time is ripe, about a year, the training effect should be reflected, if you always stay in Henan Mansion, it is estimated that the adults in the imperial court also have opinions, my personal suggestion, this expedition, can leave 5,000 soldiers, Henan Mansion is spring ploughing, the inspection department in various places still lacks the ability to protect the city, the remaining 25,000 soldiers, all go out."

Sun Chuanting had just finished speaking, and Bi Maokang spoke.

"My lord, the firearms of the Jiangning battalion are in place, and the subordinates feel that the artillery battalion can fully show its strength this time, and the rogues are used to mobile combat, and they will run if they can't win, but in the face of the artillery battalion, they have no chance to run, and the warmakers are stepping up their time to make ammunition, which can completely guarantee the supply."

Xiong Zijian, who was in charge of logistics supply, spoke after the last.

"My lord, in terms of logistics supply, there is no problem, the Jiangning battalion can bring its own grain and grass, and its subordinates can obey the orders of the adults at any time to see how long the grain and grass need to be prepared."

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"The corresponding preparations, start today, I will reply to Lord Sun, the Jiangning battalion obeys the arrangement of the imperial court and Lord Sun, always ready to attack, according to my estimate, after the end of the first month, it is the time for the Jiangning battalion to attack, there is not much time to prepare, firearms and ammunition, can not rely on others, can only be fully prepared by themselves, especially the number of shells, absolutely satisfied, as for the grain and grass, you can carry a certain amount of silver taels, buy along the way, the army fights, you must remember, everything depends on yourself, your own fate, I can only grasp it myself. ”

When he said this, Su Tiancheng was a little serious.

"In the letter, Master Sun talked about the matter of coordinating operations, I have a different view in this regard, the Jiangning battalion can not rely on the rest of the brother troops, and must always be ready to fight independently, to put it mildly, the rest of the troops, when fighting with the Liukou, do not necessarily want to annihilate the Liukou, but the Jiangning battalion's combat thinking is different, since the same Liukou is energetic, do not give up until the goal is achieved, especially the leader of the Liukou, must not let go, no matter how much sacrifice suffered, this is the most important goal."

"It's not that I don't trust the rest of the brother troops, there are some objective reasons, I won't say much here, everyone is clear, this time the expedition, discipline must be absolutely guaranteed, the military regulations of the Jiangning battalion, no one can violate them, otherwise the military law is ruthless, and iron discipline builds an iron army."

"There is a situation that is possible, there may be brother troops assisting the Jiangning battalion, I will report to Lord Sun, all the brother troops who assist the Jiangning battalion must also abide by the military regulations of the Jiangning battalion, otherwise they will go aside, the Jiangning battalion does not need your assistance, maybe I do this, everyone thinks it is too much, but this is the bottom line that the Jiangning battalion must adhere to."

"The sequelae brought about by the corruption of military discipline have been revealed in all aspects, and the ravages of the rogues for many years have always been unable to be eradicated, which is the best proof that the officials forced the people to rebel, and we cannot exterminate the rogues on the one hand, and on the other hand promote the homeless people to continue to join the ranks of the rogues."

Bi Maokang and Xiong Zijian left, and Sun Chuanting stayed.

The two have cooperated for many years and have an extremely tacit understanding.

"My lord, I think about it, all the 4,000 soldiers stationed in Shaanzhou will stay, and the rest of the soldiers will all go to the battle. The location of Shaanzhou is special, guarding the gate of Henan Mansion, we must be on guard, after the Liukou suffered a heavy blow, it is very likely that the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry and fled to Henan Mansion. ”

"Well, I also think about it this way, Qu Qingze of Shaanzhou, familiar with the situation of the soldiers, can make a very good deployment in Shaanzhou, the rest of the counties, the inspection department can guard the city, maintain law and order, the officials of Henan Prefecture have been adjusted, according to the implementation of the new Lu, the work enthusiasm of the officials and officials is good, this is a very good sign, and Jiangning County is a little similar, such a situation, as long as it lasts for more than a year, the effect will naturally come out."

"My lord, there are some specific problems, I have just considered it, in the process of fighting, you may encounter displaced people, or even refugees, such a situation is not easy to deal with."

"It must be rescued, it must be rescued under any circumstances, without the support of the people, it is impossible to achieve the final victory in exterminating the Liukou, the duty of the Jiangning battalion is not only to fight and kill, but also to represent the imperial court, to help the poor, the situation in Shaanxi, not to mention that it is conceivable, the people must be extremely poor, if they can't live, who wants to rebel."

"I see, then you have to carry as much food and silver as possible."

"Yes, carry as much as possible, defeat the rogues, all the captured grain, grass, gold and silver, all returned to the public, the rewards of the soldiers, and then implement them after they come back, we must tell all the soldiers that they are never allowed to fill their pockets and fish in troubled waters. (To be continued......)