As a native of Shanxi, Sun Chuanting is very aware of the harm caused by the Liukou to the local government, during the Apocalypse Wei Zhongxian chaos, Sun Chuanting resigned and returned to his hometown, stayed in his hometown for seven years, until Chongzhen entered the court again as an official, and that time, it was the most arrogant period of the Liukou, Shanxi encountered too much looting of the Liukou, and the local scholars and businessmen, forced to helpless, even took the initiative to pay a certain amount of protection to the Liukou to ensure their own safety, And more scholars and merchants left Shanxi and traveled to various parts of the south.

When Zheng Xunrui was in charge of Yan'an, Yansui and Shaanxi, the situation in the whole Shaanxi gradually stabilized, and the Liukou were afraid of the strong Zheng Jiajun and did not dare to enter Shaanxi, which made the situation in Shanxi even worse.

After arriving in the capital, Sun Chuanting also paid attention to the situation in Shanxi, the development and movement of the Liukou, and took advantage of all the conditions to familiarize himself with the situation of the imperial court's extermination of the Liukou.

It is precisely because of various preparations that Sun Chuanting, who served as the governor of the five provinces, has enough confidence after taking office.

After receiving the holy decree, Sun Chuanting immediately rushed to Kaifeng, Henan, and even gave up the spring vacation, and the Spring Festival was also spent in Kaifeng Mansion, Sun Chuanting faced the biggest problem, that is, the problem of the army.

The position of governor of the five provinces gave Sun Chuanting the power to control the army, but it was a pity that the 30,000 troops under the command of Xiong Wencan, the former governor of the five provinces, were almost wiped out in the battle of Beizhili, so that Sun Chuanting did not have a ready-made army in his hands, and he could only recruit from the guards in Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan to form an army specially used to deal with the rogues.

This kind of thing is very simple to talk about, but it is not so easy to actually put it into practice.

The army needs silver to eat, drink, and Lazar, and the military salary that the imperial court can provide is pitifully small, which is not enough to maintain the expenses of the army. It is the matter of empty salaries for the officers of the guards, you must know that most of the officers of the guards rely on empty salaries to make a fortune, and after Sun Chuanting became the governor of the five provinces, he thought about transferring sergeants from these officers. It is equivalent to cutting off the financial route of these people, and the number of soldiers in the guard station is not large, most of the elite sergeants have become the personal soldiers of the commander of the guard, and the remaining sergeants are no different from the people who farm.

The ambitious Sun Chuanting. The first thing that happened to me was the first blow to the face, that is, to form an army to exterminate the rogues, which was a huge problem, but it was something that had to be done.

It is also possible to coordinate and command the army of the guard post to fight, but the effect of this, Sun Chuanting knows very well that the army of the guard post has almost no combat effectiveness, not to mention Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and other places, that is, the army of the guard post around the capital, on the surface, it seems that there are many people. When they are pulled to the battlefield, they are all straw bales.

The governors of the five provinces themselves are unable to control the army, and they cannot forge a strong army, so there is no hope of exterminating the Liukou, and if they do not do well, they will bear the black pot for the provincial guards and suffer from the punishment of the imperial court.

Sun Chuanting, who has long been concerned about the extermination of the rogue, knows this very well.

The first thing he set his eyes on was Henan Province.

If you want to recruit sergeants from the army of the Henan Guard, you must have the support of Wu Fu, the governor of Henan.

Sun Chuanting can't use any holy decree or the like to forcibly suppress Wu Fu, you must know that Wu Fu is one of the oldest governors with the most qualifications, Chongzhen was the governor of Shaanxi for three years, and later adjusted to the governor of Henan, and he has not been adjusted for so many years. Some of the governors with similar qualifications as Wu Fu have even become cabinet ministers.

As for why Wu Fu has not been promoted for a long time, there must be truth in it, Sun Chuanting will not care about these things. All he needed to do was to impress and persuade Wu Fu, so that Wu Fu was willing to transfer the sergeants of the Henan Guard's army.

Comparatively speaking, the army of the Henan Guards is still somewhat combative, after all, the Liukou have been ravaging in Henan for many years, and even if the guards army does not want to fight, they will be forced to fight and fight.

It is very difficult to recruit the sergeants of the army of the guard. What's more, the 30,000-strong army drawn by Xiong Wencan, the former governor of the five provinces, was considered to be annihilated, which was not only a blow to Xiong Wencan's personal future, but also a huge blow to Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan.

It has been more than a month since Kaifeng, Sun Chuanting has not made any big moves, in fact, the governors of several places, including the general soldiers, are looking at him, watching what kind of action he will make next, although it is during the Spring Festival, but the Liukou did not celebrate the Spring Festival, they are all looting everywhere, Zhang Xianzhong's Liukou forces have invaded Sichuan, because of the heavy losses of the white pole soldiers, there is basically no army in Sichuan that can resist the attack of the Liukou.

As soon as the spring break ended, Sun Chuanting paid a special visit to Wu Fu, the governor of Henan.

said that it was a special visit, because Sun Chuanting made a clear request this time, although they had met with Wu Fu many times before, and they still ate and drank together during the Spring Festival, they rarely talked about business.

Henan Governor Yamen.

"Lord Wu, there is nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, this time the official is going to talk about the matter of exterminating the Liukou, the Spring Festival has not completely passed, the tentacles of the Liukou have extended to most places in Sichuan and Huguang, the cabinet has asked several times about the deployment of the campaign to exterminate the Liukou, and the official also hopes to get the support of Lord Wu."

"If Lord Sun has any requirements, just say it, Lord Sun will lead the five northern provinces to exterminate the Liukou, and the subordinate officials should obey Lord Sun's orders."

Wu Fu is absolutely unwilling to draw troops again, the total number of troops in Henan is now only about 60,000 people, most of the army of the guard has been scattered by the rogues, Wu Fu also took this opportunity to compress the number of guards, which can save a lot of expenses, but also allow Henan to recuperate, from last year's wax month, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong under the command of the Liukou, began to move in the direction of Huguang and Sichuan, of which Li Zicheng has been Huguang mainly, Zhang Xianzhong is mainly in Sichuan, This made the pressure on Henan and Shanxi a little less, but if it was a large-scale transfer of soldiers from the guards, who knew if the Liukou would kill the carbines, and the troops that Wu Fu could mobilize would be obviously insufficient.

Liukou went to Huguang and Sichuan and other places to loot, this is not something that Wu Fu should worry about, he just needs to keep all parts of Henan barely stable, and Sun Chuanting transferred sergeants, and the corresponding food and salary also need to be responsible for Henan locally, and it is indeed very difficult to take out this money and grain.

Of course, Sun Chuanting is the governor of the five provinces appointed by the imperial court, and he has the support of the cabinet.

"Lord Wu said this, the official is not welcome, the officer wants to transfer some of the sergeants, and asks Lord Wu to support."

"Oh, the situation in Henan Province, Lord Sun is also aware, after a long time of being harassed by the rogue, the lower officials are not very annoyed, and now the number of sergeants in the guard army in Henan Province is the least compared to Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and Sichuan and other places, this request of Lord Sun, the lower officials are really embarrassed."

"Okay, the officer's dispatch of sergeants is also principled, where the number of sergeants is more, of course, it is necessary to focus on where to exterminate the battle of the Liukou, the officer also knows that Henan has been ravaged by the Liukou for many years, it is precisely because of this situation that the sergeant of the Henan Guard has a very good combat effectiveness, and the officer hopes to get the support of Lord Wu."

Sun Chuanting was obviously prepared, but Wu Fu was also ready for everything.

"The matter raised by Lord Sun, the lower official is really powerless, but the lower official can put forward suggestions to ensure that the adult can command a strong army and specifically exterminate the rogue."

Sun Chuanting was a little strange, he had been thinking for nearly two months before he spoke, and Wu Fu's refusal was also expected by him, but at this time, he couldn't take care of any face, and there was no way, he could only use the power of the cabinet to ask the provincial governors to agree.

"What good advice does Lord Wu have?"

"Lord Sun can ask the governor of Shaanxi, Lord Wen Zhenheng, for help, the combat effectiveness of the Shaanxi Guards army is the strongest in the five northern provinces, Shaanxi has not encountered the ravages of the rogues in these years, the guards army is strong and strong, as long as the Lord asks for it, the lower officials believe that Lord Wen will definitely support it."

Sun Chuanting frowned, he, the governor of the five provinces, nominally governs the overall fight against the Liukou in the five northern provinces, but in fact he can't control Shaanxi, Shaanxi has always been very sensitive, there is the shadow of Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Caoyun, not to mention that Zheng Xunrui is now the crown prince and the Taibao, and his status is even more noble.

To be able to transfer troops from Shaanxi's guards, of course, is the best choice, Shaanxi's people are strong, and the army does have good combat effectiveness, not to mention that there are Zheng Jiajun stationed in Shaanxi, and the strength of Zheng's army has also affected the Weisu army, which is a well-known fact.

However, the transfer of the guard army from Shaanxi is not as simple as lip service, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may offend Zheng Xunrui.

"Lord Wu's proposal is good, this official can consider it, but the matter of transferring troops from Henan, this official still decided, at least 5,000 soldiers need to be transferred, and the rest of Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan are the same, as for Shaanxi, this official will set off for Shaanxi, contact Lord Wen, and ask for a part of the Weisho army from Shaanxi."

"Since your lord has made a decision, the lower officials will obey."

A hint of a smile flashed on Wu Fu's face, but it quickly disappeared.

Sun Chuanting, who was thinking about preparing for an army, didn't notice Wu Fu's expression at all, his purpose was also to form an army of 30,000, Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan each transferred 5,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 people were transferred from Shaanxi. (To be continued.) )