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In the second hall of the Changsha Governor's Yamen, Yang Shen, Zhuge Min, He Liang, Li Yuan, Meng Ke, Liu Meng, Huang Lianshan, and Ning Yuan were all sitting. Outside the door, Li Shi was personally guarded.

After Qin Mu roughly said an opening remark, no one spoke at the bottom, and the scene was a little embarrassing.

"What? All dumb? ”

"My lord, are we going to pull the flag and rebel?" Liu Meng relied on the fact that he was the descendant of Qin Mu's lineage, so he asked directly.

This question, Qin Mu immediately came back to his senses, couldn't help but stroke his forehead, glared at Liu Meng and said: "Attention to this official, it is this official who asked you to discuss the future strategic direction, not to let you discuss where we are going to fight, but if you want to arrange a big game of chess, you must first have a strategic policy, so that everything can be carried out step by step, Liu Meng, are you damn deliberately slapping this official in the face?" ”

Originally, Qin Mu was still the banner of the Ming Dynasty, so you can't be like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, wandering around, and occupying there if you love it, so the strategic direction he said naturally does not refer to where the army will move, but what the future strategic policy will focus on.

Meng Ke thought for a while and said: "My lord, it may not be impossible to transfer, my lord I am afraid I don't know, the reason why Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong can live to this day is not that they had many interests at the beginning, but it is really the general who is responsible for encirclement and suppression to adopt the thief's self-respect, so that they can resurrect again and again, for example, in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong was chased by Zuo Liangyu and cornered, so he sent his subordinate Ma Yuanli to find Zuo Liangyu with a lot of money and said: Xianzhong is here, so the public sees it seriously." The public office department kills and plunders, while the cabinet department guesses and dedicates. If there is no loyalty, it will not be long before the public is destroyed. Zuo Liangyu heard these words, and only then did he secretly connive at Zhang Xianzhong's escape"

"How do you know that?"

"Wu Xueli, after being defeated and captured in Liling, Wu Xueli said something in order to survive. My lord, this is the end of the matter. We can do the same. ”

Ning Yuan said: "Yes, where do you think it is good, just drive Zhang Xianzhong inside, just follow it." ”

"The light grass ash you eat, and the light fart you put on." Qin Mu reprimanded lightly, "The time is also, the situation is also, we took advantage of the situation a few days ago, and we won a game against Zhang Xianzhong by luck, and now he still has 150,000 horses." If all of our 100,000 horses are pressed, we may not be able to win, not the ambition of the chief and others, as long as Zhang Xianzhong no longer goes south to attack Changsha, we will burn high incense, and we will drive him wherever we want to occupy it? I warn you, don't win a few battles and think that I am the first in the world. ”

Ning Yuan didn't dare to say a word, he just said something like that. It is indeed a bit out of reality, and since the expedition, it has been almost invincible, and it is inevitable that some arrogance will breed in it. But think about it carefully, the fact is that as Qin Mu said, 100,000 newly pulled up recruits are fighting head-on. It's really not necessarily Zhang Xianzhong's opponent.

Qin Mu himself had actually thought about it a long time ago, the Central Plains was the land of four wars, and now it is thousands of miles away. It is impossible to gain a foothold;

Guanzhong is good, Guanzhong has more strong soldiers, and the source of soldiers is not a problem, but Guanzhong has also been in turmoil several times, and it is as dilapidated, and the emerging Manchu Qing is not the rotten Mengyuan that Zhu Yuanzhang faced, unless a rifle to restrain cavalry is produced, it is unrealistic to want to destroy the Manchu Qing at once, that is, there will be a relatively long confrontation process, and the broken Guanzhong cannot provide financial and material resources to fight against the Manchus, plus a rich Sichuan is almost the same;

But this is just thinking, now that Li Zicheng is going to Guanzhong, Zhang Xianzhong is also very likely to go west to Sichuan, and his current strength is not enough to compete with others for these places, even if he can fight for it, there is no time to develop.

Even Jiangnan, there is no time to occupy it, at present, there is no need to think about anything else, it is the wisest choice to manage Huguang and Gannan with peace of mind.

Meng Ke said at this time: "My lord, you want to guard Huguang and Gannan, but I am afraid that you may not be able to do so, Sun Chuanting was defeated, and it was only a matter of time before Guanzhong fell into the hands of Li Zicheng, Zuo Liangyu attacked us actively, but he was afraid of the rebels like a tiger, and he has been stranded in Dazhi and did not dare to go west, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only one of the adults has won one after another, and successfully recovered the vast number of Humen, as long as the emperor still wants to keep the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely not let the adults idle in Huguang, and when the holy decree comes down one by one, will the adults send troops or not? ”

Zhuge Min said: "What General Meng said is very true, my lord, in order to win over the lord, it must be indispensable for the saint to add an official to the lord, but this official will never be given to the lord in vain, so that the lord chases the enemy and fights the thief is a matter of course, and it will inevitably be pressed with a big hat on the adult's head, since the lord is still a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, he must reserve some face for the saint and himself, otherwise how to block the mouth of the world." ”

Yang Shen said at this time: "My lord, the land and water of the lake are wide, there is no danger of mountains and rivers to rely on, since ancient times, I have not seen the loss of Wuchang and Jingzhou and can defend the lake, and Xiangyang is in the upper reaches of Wuchang and Jingzhou, and if Xiangyang is lost, then Wuchang and Jingzhou are not guaranteed, therefore, to guard Wuchang and Jingzhou, we must first guard Xiangyang." If the adults intend to run Huguang, then Wuchang, Jingzhou and Xiangyang must be in hand, otherwise running Huguang is just a mirror. ”

Yang Shen said this Qin Mu agreed, during the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang was a strategic place to resist the Mongols, Xiangyang was preserved, and the south of the river was able to be stable, and later the Mongols broke Xiangyang, and the Southern Song Dynasty was no longer in danger to defend, and it collapsed quickly, and the car Yin Jian was not far away, and the importance of Xiangyang Qin Mu naturally knew, just

He Liang said at this time: "To guard Huguang, first to guard Wuchang, to guard Wuchang, first to guard Xiangyang, this is good, but everything must be done according to your ability, so ambitious but easy to cause trouble Xiao Wall, at present, Huguang is undecided, the adults are not trained, rashly go north, it is really the way to take trouble." Don't forget, we and Zuo Liangyu have become enemies, and Zhang Xianzhong is a mortal enemy, now Xiangyang is in the hands of Li Zicheng, not to mention whether you can take Xiangyang, even if you can win it by luck, it is just a big enemy for yourself, when the adults are facing enemies on all sides, with 100,000 new recruits, what do you think is the chance of winning? ”

"What you eat is your own, and this official has always believed in this truth." Qin Mu suddenly came out with this sentence, which made the people sitting a little confused about his mind, Qin Mu picked up the teacup and took a sip before continuing, "But the premise is that you have the ability to digest it if you eat it, otherwise you will have a stomach upset." Wuchang, Jingzhou, and Xiangyang must be taken in the future, but definitely not now. Now it's just a matter of keeping the south of Yuezhou first. You don't need to say much, let's talk about how to keep Huguang first. ”

Li Yuan preemptively said: "My lord, the will of the saint is not difficult to deal with, just like Zuo Liangyu, the saint has issued many edicts to urge the war, Zuo Liangyu is still stranded in the Dazhi area and has not advanced westward, and the adult only needs to take the procrastination trick when he arrives, it really can't be delayed, the 60,000 rebels captured in Liuyang can be reorganized a little, and it doesn't hurt to send a general to chase the enemy, but how to control Huguang is a little troublesome;

Nowadays, most of the officials in the counties of Huguang are temporarily appointed by adults, if the adults can serve as the governor of Huguang, these problems will be solved, but it is unlikely that the adults will serve as the governors of Huguang, but the imperial court in order to win over the adults, it is impossible to transfer the adults to other places, and the current governor of Gannan is just vacant, if the humble expectations are not bad, the imperial court will let the adults take over the post of governor of Gannan, so that the adults can follow the order to fight the thief;

But this has caused a problem, the adults can't control Huguang, and now the officials of Huguang's prefectures and counties are appointed by adults, but after all, the time is still short, once Huguang Governor He Tengjiao comes back to take charge of the military and government, the officials of the prefectures and counties in order to protect their official positions, at least some of them turn away from the adults, which is to be expected, and this matter has to be formulated in advance. ”

"What's there to think about this, if the adults return to Gannan, there will definitely be many turtle grandsons who betray the adults." Liu Meng suddenly snorted and said fiercely, "But if the adult doesn't go back to Gannan, borrow a few guts from him, and I'll see who dares to betray the adult." ”

After hearing this, He Liang suddenly brightened, and couldn't help but high-five and said: "Good, General Liu is very kind, my lord, no matter what official the court gives to my lord, my lord only needs to stay in Huguang in the name of chasing thieves, so that no matter He Tengjiao or who will be the governor of Huguang, it is not difficult to elevate him." After a long time, the officials of various prefectures and counties have clearly recognized the situation, and even if the adults return to southern Gannan in the future, no one will dare to do the same thing again. ”

This trick made Qin Mu very satisfied, he couldn't help but look at Liu Meng twice, this guy was full of beards, and Zhang Fei had a fight, how do you look like a vulgar man, but there are often some amazing words, and he can get to the point, after his puff, Guanghu's matter can be said to be easily solved.

The gun is out of power, and in terms of the army, Qin Mu will definitely hold on to it.

After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to go south, and all the troops had to be trained as soon as possible, so that the army would have to rely on the local government to support them, and the local officials would have betrayed, and the so-called management of Huguang would become empty talk.

According to Liu Meng's method, no matter what official the court promotes, he can stay in Huguang and become the emperor, so all problems will no longer be a problem.

Meng Ke said: "My lord, judging from Zhang Xianzhong's movements, he is likely to leave Sichuan and Shu, if that is the case, the adult will lose the reason to stay in Huguang, therefore, the adult must also"

Meng Ke didn't say it, because it didn't sound good, everyone knew it, to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than raising thieves and respecting themselves, Zhang Xianzhong was gone, there were no thieves, he could raise another batch, and the 60,000 Western troops captured in Liuyang could be completely used.

Things were almost smoothed out, and Qin Mu's heart became a lot easier, and at this moment, Li Shi came in in person and said in Qin Mu's ear: "My lord, there is a team of people from outside the yamen, saying that they are from Jinling and want to see your lordship, including eunuchs and fans of Dongchang. ”

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