Chapter Ninety-One: Announcing the Deployment of Troops

And the reason why Fujian can be so peaceful, according to the Fujian governor Xiong Wencan, this can be said to be an indispensable contribution to Xiaotian, now Denglai chaos, the imperial court for where to transfer troops from the matter of headaches, so someone immediately proposed that Fujian Yu Xiaotian lead the army north, to Shandong to suppress the rebels.

As soon as this proposal was raised, many people in the court seconded it, and many people immediately expressed their support.

Because their reasons are also very sufficient, although the Guanning army can fight, but there is still the Jiannu army outside the Guan, and the battle of Dalinghe City, the Guanning army has just been newly defeated, Zu Dashou deceived Jiannu, and then fled to Jinzhou, recovering the army and Jiannu as the enemy, this matter also caused a great repercussion in the DPRK, many people are quite dissatisfied with Zu Dashou's approach, thinking that Zu Dashou did this, it is really contemptible.

If the Guanning Army is now transferred to the Guannai and enters Denglai to suppress the rebels, if Jiannu takes the opportunity to go south again, and the troops outside the Guanxi are empty, if they can't stop Jiannu and let them enter the Guanguan again, will the land of Gyeonggi be trampled and ravaged by the iron hooves of Jiannu again.

This statement is quite marketable, and this is also the thing that everyone is most worried about, so when someone suggested that it was not easy to transfer the army outside the customs into the customs to suppress it, it was immediately recognized by many people.

However, with the Shandong soldiers to enter and suppress the rebels independently, everyone also felt that this matter was probably unreliable, and the Shandong soldiers were unusable, and now it has become the consensus of the government and the opposition, so if the Guanning army is not transferred to the customs to suppress, then it is necessary to find such a force in other places to Denglai to suppress.

In the end, the court seems to have quickly reached a consensus, that is, no one is more suitable than Yu Xiaotian, the chief soldier of Fujian, although this person used to be a pirate, but over the years he has been "loyal" to the court to repeatedly exterminate the Fujian rebels, manage the army in a good way, the emperor is extremely strict, and he controls a very strong army and horses.

When Qi Jiguang had trained a male army in Fujian, and was later transferred to the north to garrison, those Qi family troops repeatedly made military exploits, once outside the Guan, so that the Mongols and Jiannu did not dare to move, and now Fujian has such a male army, and now it is a national disaster, Shandong because of the Denglai rebels caused a huge earthquake, and Denglai is very close to the Beijing division, if not all kuài extinguish the rebels, the consequences are unimaginable, I am afraid that the time will not only be the erosion of Shandong Province, even Beijing and Tianjin, There is no guarantee that they will not be disturbed by the rebels.

Chongzhen listened to the mention of these officials, somewhat hesitant about this, he did not distrust this Fujian general soldier Yu Xiaotian, but Fujian is a little too far away from Shandong, under normal circumstances, if the Fujian official army is ordered to go north, arrive in Shandong, and arrive at the land of Denglai, I am afraid it will take at least a few months, in these months, anything may happen.

Moreover, a large number of Fujian soldiers and horses went north, and they had to pass through quite a lot of places along the way, although according to Xiong Wencan, Yu Xiaotian was very strict in governing the army, and he had the ability to control the army, but Chongzhen himself did not have much hope for the current virtue of the official army.

What's more, Yu Xiaotian was a thief in his early years, and most of the elites under him were recruited by thieves, in case this Yu Xiaotian was not as capable as Xiong Wencan said, and he was unable to control his soldiers and horses, along the way, these fierce soldiers would pass through Zhejiang, Nanzhili and Shandong.

When officers and soldiers travel long distances, it is often difficult to raise salaries, and arrears of wages occur from time to time, and soldiers have to raise food in various places along the way, which puts great pressure on the local governments along the way, and the slightest carelessness will cause great chaos.

Isn't this Denglai rebel army because they were ordered to go out on the expedition and couldn't buy grain along the way, so they finally led them to rebel? Once Shanxi soldiers and horses, in the last time Jiannu entered the customs, on the way to be ordered to be the king of Qin, there was also a mutiny on the way because of arrears of wages, but it was later suppressed by a relatively fast bullet, so there was no chaos.

If this Fujian official army encounters the same arrears of pay or the supply of military rations on the way north, will there be such a big mess, this is what Chongzhen is most worried about at present.

When Chongzhen asked such a question and expressed his concern, someone immediately came out to answer and said that there was no need to worry about this matter at all.

This Yu Xiaotian was born as a pirate, and he had a large number of naval warships and warships in his hands, and mobilized the Fujian officials and troops to go north to suppress them, and the Fujian officials and troops did not need to go north by land, they only needed to transport them to Shandong by boat, and they could directly land in the Jiaodong area, and there was no need to worry at all, these officials and soldiers in Fujian were harassing the places along the way, or because of the arrears of wages and the lack of food for the soldiers, there was some chaos.

Moreover, the use of boat divisions to transport troops to the north can save a lot of time, as well as a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and will not cause much pressure on the localities along the way.

After Chongzhen listened, his eyes couldn't help but light up, the Ming Dynasty has long pursued the policy of sealing the sea, in addition to the Ming Dynasty Chengzu years, quite prosperous, because of the sea again, the coastal sailors around the country are shrinking day by day, to this year, it has long been useless, so that Chongzhen did not think at all, but can also use the boat division, the soldiers and horses from the south to the north.

Hearing that the minister proposed this solution, Chongzhen suddenly felt that this matter could not be done well, but he was still not very relieved, and proposed that the boat division should take the waterway to transport troops north, and it would be a thousand miles along the way, in case of a strong wind and waves, wouldn't it cause huge losses, and if the Fujian official and military boat division encountered such an accident on the way to the north, then wouldn't this transfer of troops end in failure?

In this regard, there are ministers who came out to solve the confusion of Emperor Chongzhen, saying that Yu Xiaotian was a giant at sea in his early years, the best at water warfare, and his command are all big ships, with strong wind resistance, and can sail to Japan and even the South Seas and other far away places, and the South Seas are windy and rough, but I have not heard of how much trouble they have caused.

In the past few years, the Fujian Navy Division has fought with the enemy at sea many times, but has never been defeated, let alone heard that the Fujian Navy Division has suffered too much loss at sea because of hurricanes and rains.

As long as Yu Xiaotian is careful, once he encounters strong winds and waves along the way, he will definitely find it in time, and lead the boat division fleet to dock into the bay to avoid the wind, there should not be too much trouble.

If he, a giant who once roared on the sea, couldn't even do the matter of transporting troops north, then it can be seen that this person is not very capable, so there is no pity.

After Chongzhen heard this, he felt that this matter was reliable, and in addition, the court and the central government were really interested in supporting this courtier, and many people strongly supported that the Fujian official army could be transferred north to suppress it.

If the Fujian official army can make contributions in the Denglai area this time, then the imperial court will not have more than a usable male army, once there is any big chaos in the north, the imperial court will have a backup hand in the future, and it can mobilize the elite soldiers and horses in the south at any time to go north by sea to solve these troubles for the imperial court.

After Chongzhen heard this, he also felt that this time the mobilization of the Fujian official army to the north, although it was a bit risky, but it was not necessarily impossible to give it a try, in case this time the Fujian official army succeeded in transporting troops to the north by sea, then wouldn't he have such an elite on hand that could be called at any time?

If these Fujian officials and soldiers can successfully help the imperial court and the Shandong government to exterminate this group of rebels after arriving in Jiaodong, then it means that this Yu Xiaotian can indeed be of great use, and there will be no more pillars of talent in the Ming Dynasty in the future?

So after a few days of discussion, Chongzhen finally made up his mind, and ordered to send people to Fujian to proclaim the decree, and transferred Yu Xiaotian to lead 8,000 Fujian elite soldiers and horses, quickly take the sea route, transport it to Jiaodong by boat, choose a place to land, and launch an attack on the Denglai rebels.

The prefectures and counties that the sea route passes through along the way must be sure to replenish grain and straw in a timely manner, and no business trips must be made! In addition, it also makes the prefectures and counties along the way, some places that can be used to shelter from the wind, ready at any time, accept the Fujian boat division to take shelter on the way north, if anyone is slack, the guide zhì causes chaos, will not be spared.

As soon as the holy decree was issued, the imperial court immediately sent eight hundred miles to expedite and ordered someone to send it to Fujian urgently, and because Xiong Wencan was doing well in Fujian, Chongzhen finally began to formally consider it, it was time for Xiong Wencan to change places and raise a grid! And at present, he feels that it should be a good choice to put Xiong Wencan in Liangguang.

When the Jingshi decided this matter, the holy decree had not yet reached Fujian, but the flying pigeon of the sea wolf had already arrived in Fujian first, and it was handed over to Yu Xiaotian as soon as possible.

After Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he took a deep breath and said to Lin Yiyang: "It seems that our efforts have not been in vain!" This matter finally went according to our plan! Then it's time to get ready and go! ”

A few days later, the holy decree finally arrived in Fujian, and first arrived in Fuzhou, and informed the governor of Fujian, Xiong Wencan, Xiong Wencan heard it, and was quite nervous about it, because Yu Xiaotian was his root in Fujian, this time the imperial court suddenly somehow, actually remembered to transfer Yu Xiaotian to lead the troops north to Denglai to quell the chaos.

This matter is a major event, and from the holy decree, it can be seen that this time the court and the emperor attach great importance to this matter, and even in the holy decree, it has been specified that Yu Xiaotian will take the sea route to transport soldiers and horses north.

Even some details of the supplies along the way have been arranged, which shows that the court and the emperor attach great importance to this matter this time, and even set a deadline for Yu Xiaotian to arrive in Shandong, requiring that after receiving the holy decree, he must arrive at Denglai within a maximum of two months, and if there is a mistake, he will be severely punished.

When Xiong Wencan heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to send the holy decree to Yu Xiaotian, and personally rushed to Weitou Bay by boat to see Yu Xiaotian, and at the same time, he also ordered the Fujian government to immediately prepare all kinds of money, food, materials, ammunition and armor needed for Yu Xiaotian to go north this time.

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