This is a rare opportunity.

Lu Haoshan is no matter how willful and ambitious he is, and now he doesn't dare to turn against the imperial court, because he is not strong enough now, and the imperial court has a paper order to garrison Fenzhou and Pingyang, so that Lu Haoshan's 800 elite soldiers dare not go beyond the pond by half a step, and can only watch the excitement while training here from a distance, and have been thinking about how to get involved, but I didn't expect Cao Wenzhao to take the initiative to come to discuss the plan to suppress bandits, which is an opportunity for Sichuan soldiers and Lu Haoshan.

To be honest, Lu Haoshan didn't think that Cao Wenzhao, who controlled the troops of Qin and Jin, would value two or three thousand men and horses in Sichuan, and his goal here was just an attitude, an attitude to the court and the emperor, so that they knew that they had been working hard to suppress bandits and would not live up to the emperor's high expectations.

There is a taste of early celebration.

Hope is transformed into pressure, the greater the hope, the greater the pressure, there has been no big results recently, and the rebel army from all walks of life has a tendency to grow stronger and stronger, Cao Wenzhao is a little anxious.

Cao Wenzhao glanced at Deng Xi who was sitting next to him, and then looked at Lu Haoshan who was sitting at the bottom, and asked in a deep voice: "Deng Zongbing, Lu Qianhu, although we belong to different capitals, but we all belong to the Right Army Governor's Mansion, this time into Jin, we are related to the face of the Right Army Governor's Mansion, and I hope that the two of them can put aside their prejudices and work together to complete the responsibility of suppressing bandits as soon as possible, so as to live up to the emperor's high expectations, anyway, this matter is good for you and me, right?" ”

A dignified military attache said these polite words, it was really a little embarrassing for him, the first one was very good, but the last two sentences nakedly expressed the fierceness and straightforwardness of the general, Lu Haoshan wanted to laugh when he heard it.

"General Cao is dedicated to serving the court, and the lower officials express deep admiration for the people of the court. is also willing to rush to the front, but this matter has to be spoken by General Deng Bing and Commander Dong. Lu Haoshan said a little tactfully.

No matter what, first express your attitude, and the rest will be handled by Dong Jian and Deng Xi, anyway, these two officials are bigger than themselves.

Cao Wenzhao said with some regret: "Commander Dong was unfortunately ambushed, fortunately it was fine, I heard that Commander Dong was recuperating from his injuries in Fenzhou City, but unfortunately Cao was busy with official business and could not go to visit." This commander Dong is not there, and this matter of suppressing bandits is ....... ”

The two do not belong to the same capital, and Cao Wenzhao's status is also higher than Dong Jian's, and when he talks about the eldest young master of the Dong family, it is estimated that he can't hide it, with Cao Wenzhao's talent and ability, he doesn't disdain and get acquainted with a gentleman like Dong Jian, and now it's just a modest statement.

Deng Xi on the side said with a smile: "General Cao is busy with military affairs and shoulders the heavy responsibility of suppressing bandits. I think Commander Dong will understand, before leaving, Commander Han has already given Deng full authority to handle the military affairs of the Sichuan Army, so. Even if Commander Dong is not there, Deng can still call the shots, and General Cao has any ideas but it doesn't matter. ”

In the report, no matter how bad Dong Jian wrote about the situation and how heroic he led his troops to fight alone. But we can't hide the fact that incompetence unknowingly makes people make "dumplings", which in itself is a strict mistake. Han Wendeng can give his brother-in-law a chance, but he can't joke about his future.

Deng Xi is a suitable person to save his decision-making mistakes.

Since the mud can't support the wall, then it won't be supported.

Cao Wenzhao was secretly happy when he heard this, in fact, he had already heard of Dong Jian's bad deeds, and cooperating with the battle-hardened Deng Xi was much more reliable than that gentleman, and now Hong Chengchou is in charge of Shaanxi's bandit suppression work, and he has to guard the three sides, so that Cao Wenzhao, who controls the two armies of Shaanxi and Shanxi, has become the supreme commander, as long as he wins the most victory in suppressing bandits, then he is the highest hero.

Therefore, Cao Wenzhao was not afraid that others would steal his limelight, and he did not exclude elite generals from joining his camp to suppress bandits, which is why he took the initiative to unite with the Sichuan army.

"Okay, since General Deng is so refreshing, then we will work together to exterminate these chaotic ministers and thieves as soon as possible, and return the people of the Ming Dynasty to peace and prosperity."

Deng Xi nodded and said, "What General Cao said is very true, I don't know what the general's good plan is?" ”

Cao Wenzhao smiled, and did not respond to Deng Xi's words, but asked: "I have heard that there are many generals in Shuzhong, and General Deng can fight well, and Cao still wants to hear about the high opinion of General Deng Bing." ”

"Don't dare, why did Deng Mou come here for the first time, he was blind to the situation here, but he didn't dare to give opinions" Deng Yu turned his head and glanced at Lu Haoshan, and said: "Lu Qianhu has been in Shanxi for some days, and he has a similar understanding of the situation here, so it's better to let him talk about it." ”

Lu Haoshan was a little speechless, in later generations, many incumbents like to let their subordinates express their opinions first, and make the final summary by themselves, so that he will take good opinions, and as soon as he says it, it will become his "insight", if he is wrong, he will point it out to show his cleverness, how come it is a virtue in ancient times?

"That's right, this general also heard that Lu Qianhu exterminated the king of the troubled times as soon as he entered Shanxi, and when he was in Sichuan, he completely annihilated the flying electric battalion without touching the mud, and repeatedly made military exploits, and all the people present were his own people, and the general was straight to the point, to be honest, the results so far are not ideal, if Lu Qianhu has any good mention, you might as well say it, and then Cao will also ask for credit to the court for Lu Qianhu.

Lu Haoshan knew that Cao Wenzhao was not exaggerating, although there were a large number of officers and soldiers, well-equipped and logistical supplies, but "barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes", those peasant rebels were also trained by us in the transfer of war, and the growth in exchange for blood and life made them stronger and more headaches for the officers and soldiers, Cao Wenzhao already felt the pressure.

In this way, he "deigned" to visit the Sichuan army and seek a good opportunity to work together.

"This, Lu has a few foolish opinions, I don't know whether to say it or not." Lu Haoshan said with some embarrassment.

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand and said without hesitation: "There are no outsiders here, what do you say, it doesn't matter if you say it wrong, Lu Qianhu, you can speak freely." ”

Things can be eaten indiscriminately, words can not be talked nonsense, Lu Haoshan has to take a preventive shot first, heard Cao Wenzhao say this, only then did he say it: "Those chaotic ministers and thieves, like endless weeds, cut stubble and grow stubble, in the final analysis, these are not the responsibility of our officers and soldiers, now our biggest difficulty is that these mobs are wandering around, large and small mobs have as many as 100 shares, so that the officers and soldiers often take care of one and the other." ”

"Go on" Cao Wenzhao's heart moved when he heard this, and let Lu Haoshan continue, for some reason, he had a feeling: This little Qianhu will surprise himself.

Lu Haoshan calmed down for a moment and continued: "If you want to change this situation, you have to change, no longer chase those mobs and let them run around their noses, but use the official roads and passes to divide those mobs, compress their living space, send more scouts to monitor their movements, and use beacons to cooperate, concentrate forces to eliminate them one by one, this is the first step, and the second step we have to do is to strangle the living force of the mob." ”

After a pause, Lu Haoshan continued: "The imperial court has suppressed bandits for many years, and the result is more and more, in addition to the causes of natural disasters, there are also benevolent causes, those mobs have done evil, as soon as they surrendered, they were also issued with exoneration tickets and return certificates, which made them fearless, so that as soon as the people in many places heard that the mob was coming, they responded before lobbying, and joined the team of the mob, saying that the troubled times are restricted, and we must cooperate with the local government to do propaganda, kill one by one, and stop it from the source, so that those mobs have no new force, Without new people joining, it is a matter of time before they are eliminated. ”

Deng Xi said with some hesitation: "Lu Qianhu, your idea is good, but with your method, it is possible to give up some areas, and then those squires and even local officials will accuse us of being negligent in suppressing bandits, and being too murderous, will it make people think that we are not generous enough to the people?" ”

Not generous enough?

Lu Haoshan wanted to laugh a little when he heard this, history has given these peasant uprisings a progressive color, focusing on depicting the positive side and downplaying the bad side, and Lu Haoshan also had a sympathetic attitude towards them at first, but after seeing many of their evil deeds that exterminated humanity, Lu Haoshan's attitude also changed.

In fact, this strategy is based on the tactics used by the island countries in later generations when they invaded China, and in order to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces, they used roads and pillboxes to divide the anti-Japanese base areas into pieces, which can be said to have caused great difficulties to the anti-Japanese forces in those years.

Some people are indeed only suitable for being the people and obedient people, and sometimes, keeping to oneself is also a kind of contribution.

"Lord General Soldier" Lu Haoshan said with a straight face: "As the saying goes, a gentleman does something and does not do something, and for the army, there must also be advances and retreats. ”

Deng Xi nodded and said: "The overall situation is indeed very important, before Deng set off, I heard that many people ignore the overall situation for their own selfish interests, so that they repeatedly miss opportunities. ”

Cao Wenzhao nodded secretly, he had heard about this early in the morning, he heard that there were mobs coming, officials, people, and squires could say that everyone was in danger, and for their own interests not to be violated, it can be said that the eight immortals crossed the sea to show their powers, and the powerful people would order the officers and soldiers to be stationed or focus on taking care of their own places, and some landlords and squires bribed the generals with money to protect their own interests and let them send troops to protect their lives and property, so that the officers and soldiers could not suppress the bandits well, and some even accepted money from the mob and secretly let them live, I don't know how many opportunities were missed.

"Lu Qianhu is right, we should start from the overall situation" Cao Wenzhao said categorically: "Everyone, let's think about it in the long run, how can we do our best to wipe out these bandits." (To be continued......)

PS: I can't say anything, I can only say: Happy New Year