Chapter 22 Healing is more difficult than suppressing

"We ...... No...... The rogues now have little food and grass, and the morale of the army is weakened, and people flee every day. Jianyang City can't even be attacked, it's snowing this day, and many rogues don't even have a place to shelter from the wind and snow, lying in the ice and snow, it is estimated that today, there will be a lot of frostbite. Zhang Liwei replied truthfully.

His answer was similar to what Yue Su expected, how much food did the Liukou have, and it was good to be able to hold on until now. Now that the weather is getting colder and colder, this snow can almost completely disintegrate the confidence of the Liukou. If this Wang Jiayin's head is confirmed to be true, and there is no attack in the group of robbers, it is estimated that the rogue can be completely defeated in a battle.

After a while, Zhu Xieyuan hurried over, still holding a shadow figure in his hand. Yue Su asked him to examine Wang Jiayin's head, and compared the two eyes, and immediately confirmed that it was correct. Yue Su was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately ordered, "Come on, take the two of them down to rest, and reward each with a thousand taels of gold." After speaking, he looked at Zhang Liwei and Wang Guozhong, who were kneeling, and said: "Your official position, when the battle is over, this governor will fulfill it." Guarantee to the imperial court, explain your merits, and the position of deputy general is indispensable. ”

"Thank you, sir." After listening to Yue Su's words, Zhang Liwei and Wang Guozhong were very happy and kept kowtowing to Yue Su.

Yue Su didn't have the time to deal with the two of them, so he asked the soldiers to take them down, and then the generals of the various armies went to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters.

Came to the big tent of the Chinese army and sat down, and after a while, the generals of all departments arrived one after another, standing on both sides. Yue Su picked up Wang Jiayin's head and said loudly: "The head of Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Liukou, is here, and now that the enemy chief has died, it is a good time for us to exterminate the Liukou in one fell swoop." The Governor now gave the order for the whole army to set out and attack the camp of the Liukou. Who wants to be a pioneer? ”

"The last will go!" "The last general is willing to be a pioneer!" ……

As soon as the words fell, Yue Su's generals, who were scrambling, Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, Li Haoquan, and Hu Zi were the first to jump out, for fear that they would not be able to get an errand. Don't say it's them, even some generals in Chengdu have now stood up, like the Chengdu garrison, the generals who originally guarded Mianzhu Pass, and the deputy generals of Sichuan, all of whom are vying for the lead. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for meritorious service, the leader of the rogue was killed, and the morale of the army was weakened, if you don't grab the credit at this time, when will you go. The military generals pointed to the promotion of meritorious service in the war, and saw that there was a shortage in the general army of Sichuan, and if they made great contributions in this battle, promotion was indispensable.

Lord Yue also understands their thoughts, and it is impossible for Yue Su to let his subordinates take all of this credit, so let the big guy share a point. So, Yue Su said loudly: "Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, and Pei Huzi listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Hearing the first one shouting to himself, the four of them were very excited, and their voices were raised high, especially Huzi, whose thunderous voice made people's eardrums panic.

"Let you have four vanguards, lead 500 cavalry and 1,000 infantry, go straight to the camp of Liukou, and capture the flag!" Yue Su commanded loudly.

"The last general will take the order!" Jin Cicada stepped forward to receive the arrow, and then the four of them immediately went out of the tent and lit up the soldiers and horses.

"Li Haoran, Li Haoquan, Zhao Deng, and Qin Shaolong listen to orders!"

Zhao Deng was the garrison of Chengdu, and Qin Shaolong was the general of the former Mianzhu Pass. As soon as these four people heard the shouting of themselves, they immediately went out of the ranks.

"Order the four of you to be the Chinese army, lead 3,000 troops, and follow after the vanguard troops leave the city!"

"The last general will take the order!" Qin Shaolong received the order, and the four of them went out of the account and ordered the soldiers and horses.

"Tong Zhou, Su Peng obey the order!"

"The last general!" Su Peng is the deputy general of Sichuan.

"Order the two of you to be the rear, lead an army of 2,000, and respond in the rear. If the rogue is strong, he will take the retreat of the troops in front, and if the rogue is vulnerable and has been scattered, he will join the war group! ”

"The last general will take the order!" Su Peng took the order and went to transfer troops with Tong Zhou.

Yue Su sent 6,500 soldiers one after another, and the rest of the men and horses were responsible for guarding the city in case of accidents. Don't look at the soldiers and horses sent out, even a fraction of the rogues are not enough, at that time, there were not more people than the war, and whichever side had more people would win, and it would be known only after the battle. Otherwise, what else are the two families fighting, come up and count the number of people, and the winner will be decided.

The number of people is superior, but there are countless examples of winning more with less in history, such as the Battle of Chibi, 30,000 horses and horses in Eastern Wu defeated Cao Wanxiong's division. Comparing the Liukou with Cao Dajun is simply insulting to Cao Jun, Liukou seems to have a lot of people, but there are not many people who can fight, but they are some indiscriminate people. Taking advantage of this time to attack, it is estimated that it will collapse at the first touch.

And so it is. Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu, and Huzi led 1,500 soldiers and horses to roar out of the city and go straight to the direction of Jianyang. The speed of five hundred cavalry, of course, should be fast, but it was too little, so in order to maintain consistency, the speed was reduced. But as a pioneer, naturally he can't let the soldiers and horses behind catch up, and he is also in a hurry. At dusk, the soldiers and horses came to Jianyang, and at a glance, they could see the camp of the Liukou.

The news of Wang Jiayin's death has spread throughout the Liukou camp, and all the Liukou are panicked at this time, not knowing what to do. Whether to fight, or to disperse, no one knows what to do? At this time, the killing of officers and soldiers is undoubtedly the most favorable time.

Huzi took the lead, dancing with a sash door knife to enter the Liukou camp, and there were a few people who didn't know how to die, and wanted to stop it, but they were swept by Huzi with a knife, and they were immediately beheaded. The officers and soldiers in the back rushed up again, and the Liukou here was already moving, not to mention now, crying for dad and mother, running around, pulling a hair and moving the whole body, and the entire Liukou camp was over.

Qin Liangyu and Wu Rumeng, who were guarding Jianyang City, saw this scene and were sure that it was Yue Su's reinforcements who had arrived, so what were they waiting for, they should be killed together. But Qin Liangyu did not make a desperate bet, but sent two thousand people to make a tentative attack.

As soon as the white pole soldiers were dispatched, the rogues had no intention of fighting, and when they saw that another officer and soldier had been killed, they immediately turned around and fled elsewhere. For a while, the entire Liukou camp became a pot of porridge, and no one cared about anyone, rushing to flee for their lives, trampling on each other, and being trampled to death by their own people, countless.

After a while, the three thousand Chinese troops led by Li Haoran and Qin Shaolong arrived, and as soon as this new force arrived, the rogue was even more finished, except for scattering and fleeing, there was nothing else, resistance or something, that was nothing.

Qin Liangyu also saw the signs, this was the time to beat the water dogs, and ordered the whole army to be dispatched, and the remaining three thousand white pole soldiers poured out of the county town together and pounced on the liukou.

It completely collapsed, and when Tong Zhou and the officers and soldiers led by them arrived to kill, they didn't have to think about it at all, just follow and kill the rogue.

In this battle, although the scene can also be called earth-shattering, the situation is completely one-sided, and while fleeing for his life in a hurry, he is in hot pursuit. A rogue is a rogue who is a rogue and is vulnerable if there is a slight setback. There are more than 10,000 people, chasing hundreds of thousands of people, and those who flee are holding their heads and running away, and those who are chasing behind are like wolves and tigers.

Now it can be determined that the suppression of bandits in Sichuan ended with Lord Yue's and the imperial court's. At that time, there was immediately another problem in front of Lord Yue, so many rogues, most innocent people, they couldn't all be killed. After the suppression, it is necessary to pacify. To appease so many people, it is not a mouthful, it is necessary to have silver and food, otherwise, how can these people, who have no food, live, and if it is not good, it will be two days before they will make trouble again.

Let's ask the court for money. Lord Yue then drafted a good news, sent to Beijing, and asked the imperial court for two million taels of silver to appease the people. Two million taels of silver, compared to what Lord Yue got in Hangzhou, it shouldn't be nothing.

In addition to pacifying, but also to purge the remnants, this matter is relatively easy to do, the Liukou group has no leader, they only know how to run around, and when Hong Chengchou's reinforcements come, it will soon be over.

However, Lord Yue can't wait, it won't be long before the New Year will be, and it is best to let the homeless people have a full meal to eat during the New Year. But the city has been trapped for so many days, and even the people in the city have almost no food, let alone those homeless people. Just because this is winter, the autumn harvest has just passed, and many people still have food, which has not let Chengdu collapse. Getting food is the key, even if the silver from the court is sent, you have to buy food to appease the people. Wait until the money arrives to buy it, isn't it a little late, it's better to start now.

Thinking of buying grain, Yue Su couldn't help but think of his father-in-law, he exiled his father-in-law to Yunnan, although the Li family is rich, and there is a Qianguo Gong in Yunnan to take care of, and there will be no difference between life and before, but his Li family, after all, also has a diaphragm. At present, it is necessary to buy a large amount of grain and seeds for next year's spring ploughing, and here in Chengdu, although there are some merchants, no one is willing to do the business of giving goods first and then giving money. Yue Su found a few and said that he would borrow it first, but they were all politely refused, everyone understood that it was not very stable to do business with the imperial court this year, unless it was a clear of silver and goods, otherwise he could not do it. No matter how famous your Lord Yue is, this business can't be done.

Lord Yue had no choice, and finally decided to go to the Li family. Li Wenwen is in Yunnan, and Li Yuanchen is still in Huguang, so if he can, it would be best to send grain directly. Yue Su personally wrote a letter and asked Li Zhong to take the waterway and send it to Wuchang to Li Yuanchen. Regardless of whether he agrees or not, let's talk first, Yue Su believes that Li Yuanchen should agree.

Li Zhong arrived in Wuchang, went to the Li Mansion to ask to see, and revealed his identity, and the people in the house directly told him that our young master was not in Huguang, but in Yunnan, and accompanied our master. If you want to find him, please go to Yunnan.

Seeing the other party's answer, Li Zhong's letter could not be delivered, so he couldn't go to Yunnan instead. had to return to Sichuan first.

After Li Zhong left, the porter ran to the back house, stopped in front of a room, and knocked on the door twice respectfully.

"Who?" A voice came from the room, and the person who spoke was Li Yuanchen.

"It's me, Li Shao." The porter replied.

"What's the matter?" Li Yuanchen in the room asked.

"It was my uncle who sent someone, and the younger one said that the son was not at home and went to Yunnan according to the son's instructions, and sent the people away." The porter Li Shao whispered.

"Got it, let's go down." Li Yuanchen said.

"Yes, young master."

This is Li Yuanchen's study, and there are two people living in the house, a man and a woman, the man is Li Yuanchen, and the woman is his wife Bi Yunjuan.

Hearing Li Shao's footsteps leaving, Bi Yunjuan said puzzledly: "Husband, since my brother-in-law sent someone to ask to see you, why didn't you see it, but instead said that you went to Yunnan." ”

"Yunjuan, don't you know our brother-in-law, the court treats him as a firefighting team, let him go wherever there is a fire, he is conscientious and has no complaints. I have returned to Sichuan to be the governor, and I have already expected that the Liukou in Sichuan will not be his opponent, and the rest is to appease, and to appease the homeless people is to ask for silver and food. Silver may be easy to say, but food is in short supply. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people need how much food they need, which will need to be harvested until next autumn. Today's businessmen don't want to do business with the imperial court, one hand of silver and one hand of goods, that's pretty much the same, our brother-in-law probably wants to buy goods first and then silver, mainly to appease the homeless. No one else does it, he can only find our family, but my father is still in exile in Yunnan, this is arranged by him himself, don't give our family an explanation, our Li family is not a plaything that he can come and go as soon as he recruits, our Li family, is not like the Queen Mother and Yue Su above, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Li Yuanchen calmly said the reason. And this guy has seen it more thoroughly than anyone else.

"Husband, then you mean, you won't help your brother-in-law with this." Bi Yunjuan said cautiously.

"Whether he wants to help or not depends on how he does it. My sister is now pregnant and is living in Yunmeng County, Yuesu's hometown. For the sake of my future nephew and my sister, I will help him. It's just that all of this depends on what Yue Su does. If I let my Li family be decent, even if I give him hundreds of thousands of stone grains for nothing, it is nothing, if he still has the same temper as before, it will be difficult for me, as a wife and brother, to help him. If my father had known about this, he would have approved of my approach. Li Yuanchen said with a smile.

Li Zhong traveled day and night, rushed to Wuchang, in order to hurry, there were still people on the boat to paddle, so the speed was very fast, it only took five days, and he arrived. I pounced on it here, and I didn't even stop, so I immediately took a boat and rushed back. It took less than half a month to go back and forth.

But when he returned to Chengdu, it was already the first day of the Lunar New Year. Outside the city of Chengdu, there are reed sheds, porridge fields, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 displaced people gathered outside the city. Li Zhong and Kong Jian finally came to the city gate and called Guan to enter the city. Lord Yue was in the city, and as soon as they came in, let them come up and speak.

Li Zhong saw Yue Su, and the moment he saw Yue Su, he almost cried. Lord Yue was only in his early thirties, and when he was ordered to go to Wuchang, everything was normal, but now, Lord Yue's temples had added a lot of gray hair.

It is not an easy task to appease so many displaced people. Yue Su basically came up with all the ways he could think of, and then squeezed out some food to appease. The prefectures and counties around Chengdu are now building porridge farms to appease the displaced people, but everyone knows that they can't hold out for a few days.

For one term of office, for the benefit of one party, in his position he has to seek his own work, even if he is a reborn, he does not belong to this era, but he wants to be conscientious, hard, and wants to do something for the people of this side. It was easy to fight, but it was difficult to appease at that time, why were the generals in the late Ming Dynasty able to suppress the rogues again and again, but it didn't take long for more rogues to pop up? That's because there is no food, and the people can't get by, so they can only come out and grab it. In order for them to be reassured, they must be able to fill their stomachs. In order to be busy with these things, Lord Yue has not slept much since Li Zhong left. In addition, there is one more thing that gives Lord Yue a headache. That is, six days ago, there was news that the Tartars had entered the customs!

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