Chapter 176 - In charge of military affairs
In the winter of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Li Guo led his men and horses to Nanning Mansion in Guangxi. %.
Now there are a lot of people and horses, in addition to the original thousands of elite soldiers, Liu Tichun and Huang Xiu have also gathered more than 50,000 people along the road, most of whom are strong men. There are also five or six thousand thirteen or fourteen children, Huang Xiu saw that they were pitiful, and knew that Li Guo had always paid attention to child soldiers, so he brought them all.
Along the way, Liu Tichun and most of them robbed big families in towns and villages, and they robbed a lot of mules and horses, grain, grass, and gold and silver. Of course, there were also two Ming soldiers who wanted to fight their idea, but they were killed by Liu Tichun for a while, and they ran away.
When they knew that this team was the world-famous Li Guo's team, the officials of the prefecture and county were admired, feared, and third, the friendship of the Shaoxing masters, and most of them closed their doors. There are even some places that supply some grain and grass.
However, the march of tens of thousands of people from the northwest to the southwest is a big deal. So Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty also knew about this matter.
However, Emperor Chongzhen now has no time to take care of Li Guo, first in June, the Yellow River broke in Mengjin, forming a large area of the Yellow Flood, so that the people were displaced, in the second half of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the people migrated, begging everywhere, there was no way out, but gathered and rebelled.
The peasant armies such as Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong gathered and dispersed in Shanxi, becoming more and more active.
What made Chongzhen even more annoyed was the rebellion of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming in Dengzhou, Shandong. The rebellion began at the end of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and lasted until November of the fifth year of Chongzhen, which lasted for a year, although the rebellion was quelled, but Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming still surrendered to Houjin with more than 10,000 people.
Rebellions of peasant armies were not uncommon. But the Ming army rebelled on a large scale, this was the first time, known as the Dengzhou Rebellion.
So. When Chongzhen heard that tens of thousands of Li Guo had fled from Shanxi to Guangxi, he was about to send someone to punish Li Guo. Liu Zongzhou, the imperial historian, said: "Could it be that Your Majesty is still going to turn Guangxi into the next Dengzhou Rebellion?" ”
Chongzhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but hesitate. Li Guo now has tens of thousands of people, if he goes to encircle and suppress, who else can exterminate him? If it's not good, it will be bad if Li Guo rebels. Chongzhen shook his head and had no choice but to put this matter down.
This also gave Li Guo a chance to breathe. If Chongzhen spends a lot of effort to clean up Li Guo, Li Guo's situation will definitely be miserable. The tens of thousands of people who have gathered are just a plate of loose sand without training. In addition, Li Guo has just arrived here, and there is no mass base.
So. Taking advantage of this time, Li Guo decided to train the troops, reform, and control the entire territory of Guangxi.
In the past, there were only one or two counties in Shanxi. Now with the banditry on the border of Guangxi. And Tu Shaoxuan, the pacification envoy of Guangxi, let him take charge of Guangxi's military affairs, giving Li Guo an excellent opportunity. Although nominally in charge of military affairs, that would be enough.
Moreover, Tu Shaoxuan is really admirable to Li Guo. When Li Guo came to see Tu Shaoxuan with some gold and silver gifts, he was rejected by Tu Shaoxuan.
"Make it up, don't!" Tu Shaoxuan said.
"My lord, this is a little bit of a small meaning." Li Guo still has to rely on Tu Shaoxuan's power now.
"Complement, I know what you mean. But we don't need this, and the old decay has nothing else to do. It's just for the country and the people. Make up for it, if you can really quell the border bandits, I will definitely protect it and give you credit! Tu Shaoxuan's tone was sincere.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely sweep away the chaos!" Li Guo saw that Tu Shaoxuan was so incorruptible, but he felt respectful. And Tu Shaoxuan is indeed a loyal minister in history.
"Make up for it, I see that you have a lot of people now, and it must be easy to get into trouble!" Tu Shaoxuan also heard about Li Guo's tens of thousands of horses.
"Although there are many people and horses, they are all homeless people who have come all the way, and if they are not trained, they have no combat power! And I came this time to ask my lord to mobilize the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of all parts of Guangxi to Nanning for unified training! Li Guo said.
"Aren't your tens of thousands enough?" Tu Shaoxuan asked.
"My lord, when you talked about the matter of Annanguo that day, I sent someone to inquire about it. I found that this small country has always been really hateful in history, and now they have internal strife and are too busy to take care of themselves, but once they are unified, they will not be able to do their own and invade our borders! At that time, where will there be troops to send in the situation of the imperial court? You can only rely on us directly. My lord, we must not only focus on the present! "Since Li Guo has arrived in Guangxi, the small country of peace naturally wants to teach him a lesson, if his strength develops, Li Guo may destroy them!
"Oops! Make up for it, you think so long-term! This is what you call great loyalty and righteousness, okay! Make up for it, military matters are all up to you! From now on, you have full control, you don't have to ask me! Tu Shaoxuan threw himself to the ground for Li Guo's admiration.
Li Guo wants this sentence, but fortunately, Li Guo inquired and understood, the entire Guangxi military and civil affairs are now Tu Shaoxuan alone has the final say, Guangxi's envoy is now vacant, and I, Li, will be in charge of military affairs!
So, Li Guo came to the Inspectorate in the name of Xiangzan's military affairs. Guangxi's official title is Guangxi's No. 2 person, and the No. 1 person is Guangxi's pacification envoy Tu Shaoxuan. Therefore, although Li Guo is now the title of prefect, the actual right is the second-in-command.
A civil official persuaded Tu Shaoxuan: "Is Li Guo's power a little too big?" ”
Tu Shaoxuan was anxious at that time, "Big? I'm still too young! The country has such a pillar of talent, how can it not be used! Even if I appease him, I can give him this placation! Fighting, can you? If you do, I'll send you to sweep the border! ”
When the civil official heard this, he shrunk his neck, he can't fight, but it's still okay to make a small report.
The scholars and doctors of the Ming Dynasty liked to talk about the government, but when it came to doing it with real swords and guns, they had no way, which was empty talk and misleading the country. These individuals only knew how to eliminate dissidents, which was actually one of the reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the other was the land annexation of Yan zhòng.
But Tu Shaoxuan is not such a person, he is also a doer, although his ability is limited, he can still do something.
Therefore, Li Guoshun was in charge of the entire military of Guangxi, which Li Guo and these people never expected. Everyone was smiling.
Nie Xin said, "On the same day, I went to Beijing with the Tiger Master, and Yuan Yixing, the Qintian Supervisor, said that our Tiger Master started in the northwest and flourished in the southwest, which seems to be true!" Before we took office in Taiping Mansion, we already controlled the overall situation of Guangxi! ”
Li Guo shook his head, "Remember, don't get carried away, we don't know anything about the shape of the entire Guangxi, and besides, the troops have not yet been trained, and they have not formed an iron plate." Therefore, we must keep a low profile and train steadily! ”
Qi Laohan automatically asked, "Li Guo, you can teach me and my righteous daughter Huang Xiu about this army training, and I promise to train you to be an elite soldier all the time!" ”
Li Guo was overjoyed, that old man Qi helped Li Guo only train for a few months, and then defeated Houjin, and his ability was amazing. Now that he is helping Li Guo wholeheartedly, how could Li Guo disagree? Li Guo agreed at that time.
At this time, the scouts from all over the world came back one after another, and introduced to Li Guo the situation of the whole territory of Guangxi and the place where it was handed over to the country of Annan.
Li Guo heard this and scolded, "I said that as soon as I came, Tu Shaoxuan bowed to me again, and let me calm the chaos, it turns out that Guangxi is also so uneasy!" (To be continued......)