451 Scarlet Qinchuan
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And this is what makes Hu Guang different from others, and it is also what makes the Heavenly Army different from any other army.
However, if Hu Guang knew that Hong Chengchou had given the order to kill, he might have made a difficulty.
If you don't send troops, most of the thieves are ordinary people, they are all forced, and they will die under the butcher's knives of the official army; Send troops, and more of the people will fall to the thieves.
Luckily, he didn't know, so everything was going on as he had originally intended.
At present, in Qindi, just as the intelligence officers of the Special Bureau reported, the generals of the Yansui Border Army are like bloodthirsty hungry wolves, rushing to the places where the chaotic people gather when they hear the wind.
Each of the thieves was able to grab a large amount of supplies and wealth to a greater or lesser extent. Of course, these things are in the hands of the thief leader, and they are also used to control the army that is not like an army.
At present, when the border army rarely joins the thieves, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not a heavyweight at all. The border army in the Yansui area has enough troops, and under the encirclement and interception, as long as it can be bitten by the official army, unless a very small number of people can escape. All the goods and wealth carried by the thieves fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers.
What's even more terrifying is that all the thieves were killed, and they did not accept surrender, I don't know how many more unjust souls there were on the land of Qinchuan, and how many helpless people were ruined, and they were first victimized by the thieves. Then he came across the butcher's knife of the official army.
The population of northern Shaanxi plummeted after the Yansui border army began to operate. Except for the cities above the county seat, most of the villages have been emptied, or have become blank land. In the field, there are piles of white bones everywhere, like a ghost.
Among the thieves in northern Shaanxi, those who did not have time to escape had no choice but to choose a dangerous place to defend it. But. As long as the road is smooth, the officers and soldiers can bring in the general's artillery.
The power of this kind of artillery is what ordinary thieves have seen. Under the first shot, it was like Lei Gong coming, and under the deafening deafening, the stones were smashed and scattered, and the flesh became meat residue when it touched it slightly.
The most important thing is that for the generals and soldiers who have it. The average thief can only fight with a pitiful bow and arrow, and he has become a passive beating. The situation of not being able to do it yet.
It didn't take long for what was originally thought to be a dangerous place to be blasted by the official army, and then slaughtered, leaving only a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
A good news was sent from the Yansui Governor's Mansion to the Trilateral Governor's Mansion from north to south. Yang He was very happy at first, and everywhere was anxious. Only under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yansui, good news comes from time to time, and it is really in vain that he recommended Hong Chengchou.
After weighing the situation of the chaotic people in various places, he felt that by sending Hong Chengchou to other places to suppress the bandits, he would definitely be able to control the situation in the shortest possible time.
Think so. Yang He began to write a recital for the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen.
As the governor of the tripartite, he naturally also thought about the causes and consequences of this large-scale popular uprising, so he wrote in his memoir: "The rise of thieves is always due to the extreme famine, and the people have no choice but to become thieves. At this point, the only way to do this is to use the strategy of appeasement as the main thing and the pursuit and suppression as the supplement, one is to show the vastness of heaven's grace to show the mercy of His Majesty's father, and the other is supplemented by thunderous means to deter unscrupulous people, so that the Qinchuan Rebellion can be determined as soon as possible......"
After writing it, he put it aside, and only waited for the situation to be under control a little, and then sent it to Jingshi.
After all, Yang He is not stupid, if the situation is in a mess, his strategy will not be useful, and it must be within the controllable range, so that he will have the confidence to ask the court for money and food.
However, when a good news from the governor of Yansui arrived, his brows furrowed. Is the number of people killed by this bandit too many, and if they kill all the people, how can they resume farming?
He didn't know that in the good news reported to him, the number of people who recorded merit had been reduced by more than half by Hong Chengchou, otherwise Yang He could see at first glance that Hong Chengchou was using a strategy to kill.
But even so, the combination of several good news before and after is beyond Yang He's bottom line. He first wrote a private letter and passed it on to Hong Chengchou in northern Shaanxi.
Then I thought about it and didn't feel at ease, so I sent Wu Huan, the governor of Shaanxi, and after discussing with him, he asked him to go to Yulin for a special trip.
This Wu Huan traveled all the way north, and after entering the territory of Yansui, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't hear of any large-scale thieves again, and he was a lot safer.
But after going further, he felt that something was wrong, there were too few people, and there were too many bones on the road.
When he arrived in Yulin Town, he understood what was going on after a little understanding. Generally speaking, the most important thing in the imperial history industry is fame. The more famous and prestigious you are, the faster you will be promoted, which is fundamentally different from other official positions.
Wu Huan was immediately angry, and immediately went to Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, to give an explanation, otherwise he would definitely take his life.
Hong Chengchou was not afraid at all, and he did not treat him badly in terms of etiquette, serving guests in the inner hall and serving him with good tea, and then he was sincere, but he explained helplessly: "This official was ordered to stay on the pastoral side, and he believed in the way of Confucius and Mencius, how could he dare to do this if he was helpless?" ”
"If the official only punishes the head of the thief, it is less murder. But what should I do with the rest? ”
The faster Hong Chengchou spoke, the heavier the coercion became: "There are more than 3,000 thieves in the branch of the Black Evil God, and the branch of Xing Hongwolf is in the early 5,000s, and there are ......."
He made a list of them, then leaned forward slightly, stretched out his head to stare at Wu Huan's eyes and said, "So many people, dare to ask the patrol if they can eat if they have food?" If they are allowed to go back, will they starve to death at home or gather again? ”
Wu Huan was dumbfounded, and he naturally understood in his heart how could the imperial court come up with so much food to help these people. If we really have this ability, there will be no civil unrest everywhere in front of us.
Hong Chengchou paused for a moment, and then said with a hint of threat: "This official doesn't want to hurt Tianhe, if the patrol is intentional, this official can give you all the people in the future, and let you deal with it?" You say let go, the official has nothing to say, otherwise, for the sake of the future, the official will still be a thief now, and it is also in line with the laws of the court. ”
Wu Huan naturally won't catch fire, so it's better for you to do it yourself to deal with the thief. He thought so in his heart, but he did not leave a word on the scene, but only deduced that he had come to inspect on the orders of the governors of the three sides. At present, he can do his job, but he can only report everything he sees to the Governor, and how to deal with it is the Governor's business.
Hong Chengchou didn't care, he just treated Wu Huan politely until he was sent away.
As soon as this person went out, Wu Zimian, who had already become Hong Chengchou's confidant, rushed to the governor's mansion in person, and after avoiding others, he asked for instructions with a cruel face: "Zhongcheng, why don't you send someone to pretend to be a thief and kill him on the way?" ”
Kill the thief to get money, but also to get military merits, although the thief's head is not valuable, but can not stand the number of people, such a big benefit, no one wants to lose easily. (To be continued.) )