When the official road connecting Kanggu in Jinghu County was in full swing, in Zhongzhou, the imperial capital thousands of miles away, in the side hall of the Taiji Palace, which was as warm as spring, a routine court meeting was also being held.

Because it was not a great dynasty, there were only more than a dozen ministers involved, and the main content of the discussion was only focused on two points.

One is the counterinsurgency of Wudou Midao; The other is the movement of the Matsue army after defeating the army of the Kingdom of Oman.

For the time being, the first issue is undoubtedly the most urgent to address at this stage.

"Let me summarize the current situation."

Feng Wu only received the information from the border of Tianshui County from Chengguo Gongqian Taizhuo yesterday, and after combing through it overnight, he said to the ministers in the side hall: "The Wudou Midao rebels have swept through the two counties of Baling Tianshui since the beginning of February, and it has been more than ten months. The thief first Zhang Fa appointed himself as a master, and set up the left heavenly teacher Changsheng and the right heavenly master Du Shouxiong as his arm. As of today, the four counties of Baling, Tianshui, Xichuan and Longxi have 150,000 main rebels, another 300,000 auxiliary troops, and a large number of Taoist people who follow the rebellion. ”

The territory of the four counties, 450,000 rebels, swept the southwest of the entire empire!

If you include the two counties of Songjiang and Tiannan, which are almost independent kingdoms controlled by Chen Wu, there are already six counties of the twenty counties in the entire empire, which means that nearly one-third of the territory is out of control.

This not only meant that the prestige and rule of the empire had been weakened like never before, but it was also a huge bad news for the fiscal revenue.

The danger of the situation is clear to every minister present.

However, in this case, the empire had to continue to expand its military force.

After briefly summarizing the situation of Wudou Midao, Feng Wu did not stop, but immediately reported the situation of Emperor ** in the southwest.

Compared with the bad news in the early days of the Wudou Midao army, there is finally one more good news in the mouth of Feng Wu this time.

That is, the Eagle Yang Legion formed by Taizhuo, the official of Chengguo, has become an army!

Due to the erosion of the local city defense battalions in the four southwestern counties, coupled with the loss of a large number of soldiers in the battle against the Watts, the army was in urgent need of replenishment, and Qiantaizhuo began to form the Yingyang Army more than half a year ago.

Due to the change of the situation, armaments, food and salaries, etc., the original plan was deleted and revised, and finally became the total strength of the Eight Masters Regiment to nearly 110,000 troops.

After Qiantaizhuo's training and several battles against the Wudou Midao Division, the Eagle Yang Legion has fully possessed the combat power of the second-line troops of the empire, and even slightly surpassed.

The formation of such a force with a total of more than 100,000 troops will have a tremendous impact on the situation in the southwest.

In the original southwest battlefield, the main force of Qiantaizhuo was the Qinghe Division that had been withdrawn from the northwest battlefield, supplemented by some second-line troops from Danyang County, Anqing County, and Wuhu County.

Relying on these troops, it is no problem to stabilize the situation and maintain a general confrontation with Wudou Midao, but the troops are not enough to counterattack.

But once the Eagle Yang Legion joins, the Empire will gather more than 300,000 troops in the southwest battlefield.

Although in terms of proportion, the ratio of the rebels in Wudou Midao is only 2:3, or even worse.

However, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers has always been much stronger than that of the rebels.

Even if Wudou Midao has been preparing for many years, the main force formed in the first few batches is not inferior to that of ordinary officers and soldiers, but the 300,000 auxiliary troops that were hastily established in the follow-up are much inferior.

This means that the empire has already gone through the most difficult period after the fall of the four counties in just a few months.

As the Eagle Yang Regiment entered the battle in full force, the situation began to shift from a strategic stalemate to a strategic counteroffensive.

"It is worthy of being the Duke of Chengguo!"

Qian Yuanji, who looked a little gloomy and even a little dying, finally had a little more joy on his face.

He has always given absolute trust to this uncle who single-handedly put him on the throne, and at the moment when the country was in turmoil, the other party really did not live up to his high expectations.

"Being able to stabilize the situation in the southwest, and crush the thieves of Wudou Midao in the four counties in the southwest, and lose troops several times but never be able to break through, Cheng Guogong is indeed powerful."

Feng Wu slapped a sycophant from the bottom of his heart, and then said: "Right now, the situation in the southwest is like this. There are only two things to worry about, one is that we must continue to strengthen the blockade to ensure that the thieves of Wudou Rice Road cannot flow eastward into the second county of Danyang and Wuhu. Moreover, beware of the thieves of Wudou Midao colluding with the tile spur cavalry, and answering them from Wuwei County to Koubian again. ”

The former is good to say, Chengguo Gong Qiantaizhuo has been guarding to the death, and with the coordination of Shen Xinghui, the general of the Qinghe Army, Wudou Midao should not be so easy to get.

But the latter, if the traitor of Wudou Midao really jumps over the wall in a hurry, and acts as the internal response of the tile thorn wanderers before he is defeated, it will be bad.

Wuwei County borders Baling Longxi, if the tile spur cavalry really makes a comeback, it can be killed all the way to Wuhu along this road, and the soldiers are directed at Zhongzhou.

"The army of the Watts had just suffered a major defeat last year, and even the general of the expedition to the east, An Tatar Khan, was wounded and fled. It's only been a year, so it shouldn't be that fast, right? ”

It was the fifth prince Qian Minghao who spoke.

As the health of the Emperor has become worse and worse recently, the five princes have become more and more active in the court.

The fifteenth emperor who came to the country from the acquiescence of His Majesty seems to be very delicate...... However, after all, this is the emperor's heavenly family matter, and ordinary ministers dare not get involved.

Even the three ministers of internal affairs, finance, and military affairs now only dare to knock on the side of the idea of exploring Qianyuanji, and do not dare to speak at will.

"Your Highness is very true."

Feng Wu thought about the mess related to the succession to the throne in his heart, and said: "The agents planted by the Military Intelligence Bureau in the Dongnatila grassland have proved that it will take at least a year or even a year and a half for the Watts to fully recover their military strength before the war. However, this is an excellent opportunity after all, and after the beginning of spring, no one dares to guarantee that the tile spurs will not force their troops. ”

Not more, even if only 100,000 people come, it is possible to change the existing situation in the southwest again.

Obviously, the empire could not pin its hopes on the hesitation of the Watters or the refusal of the master of the Five Dou Mi Dao to collude with the foreigners, at least to have a plan for the worst-case scenario.

"Let the City Guard go to war!"

The old emperor Qian Yuanji suddenly spoke.

After the Taiping army accepted Zhao'an and drove away the army of the Kingdom of Oman, the city guards who were originally going to Daqing Pass after leaving Beijing slowed down.

In the end, except for the two divisions that temporarily stayed in Yuanshan County, the main force of the City Guard Army had been withdrawn, and the center had already had a plan to put the City Guard Army into the southwest battlefield, but it was not implemented in the end.

Now, taking advantage of the lowest external pressure on the empire, Qian Yuanji made up his mind to clear the Five Dou Rice Dao with the power of thunder.

His statement can be regarded as the final word for the handling of this matter.

With the addition of the Eagle Yang Legion, coupled with the main force of the City Guard, all the ministers present knew that the overall situation of the southwest battlefield had been decided.

It can be as fast as a few months, or as slow as half a year, and the four counties can be completely recovered.

After discussing the issue of the southwest, the atmosphere in the side hall of the Taiji Hall eased slightly.

After a short break, they moved on to the second topic.

Compared with Wudou Midao, the direct threat of the Songjiang Army, which had already accepted Zhao'an, was smaller.

Of course, this is not to say that the Songjiang Army is inferior to the Wudou Midao rebels.

In fact, the people who really have a strategic vision are already the potential of the Jiang army, which is definitely more terrifying than the rampant Wudou Rice Road.

It's just that this force has accepted Zhao'an, and it is not openly confronting the empire at present.

Not only did it not destroy the place, but it also helped the empire share the pressure and blocked the advance of the Oman Kingdom.

It is precisely because of this that the embarrassed empire can temporarily tolerate its existence.

"Let's tell me about the current situation in Songjiang County."

It was the turn of the Minister of the Interior, Chen Sansheng, to report this time: "After being taken over by the new governor, the situation in Songjiang County is basically stable. Come, this governor also has some experience in governing the local area - by the way, Director Ji, haven't you found out Chen Wu's true identity and origin? ”

Ji Junchen, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, shrugged his shoulders and did not speak.

Seeing this, Chen Sansheng did not dwell on this recognized problem, and continued: "Recently, there have been two major events in Songjiang. One is in terms of public security, a group of pirates bloodied a large family in Osan Mansion overnight, killing 53 people. But less than half a month later, the new governor solved the case, and also cleaned up a local chamber of commerce in Dengzhou - it is worth mentioning that according to the letter from Ninghai County, Songjiang's cavalry openly crossed the border in order to chase down the Haikou and once broke into the port of Quanzhou. ”

It is undoubtedly a felony to send troops into the country without the permission of the center and other states and counties!

Naturally, the civil and military officials present will not be unclear about this rule, but in the current situation, no one will turn against Songjiang Jun because of this.

What everyone cares more about is the intelligence ability of the new governor and the speed with which he can solve the case.

Chen Sansheng did not explain in depth what he meant in this regard, and reported another matter: "Except for the Wushan Bloody Case, the rest of the major event is the reform carried out by the Songjiang Army, which must have been known to many people. According to publicly gathered information and information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the reform of the Songjiang Army includes both military reorganization and administrative structure. In terms of the army, it is basically the same as ours. But administratively it has been completely detached from the imperial system - this is a blatant transgression, everyone! ”

"It's not surprising that those thieves are always anti-belligerent. They are willing to accept Zhao'an, but they just want to delay time and manage their own henchmen and forces. ”

Ji Junchen said lightly about his judgment.

In fact, this is also the unanimous agreement of most officials in the DPRK and China: "The Ministry of the Interior has issued an official reprimand and ordered them to change back to the original regulations." ”

Chen Sansheng had already given a result of this matter, but even he didn't believe that Chen Wu would be obedient and do so.

After all, it is a taboo for the administration to change the order at the moment, let alone such a large-scale institutional reform.

"Let them go."

The Qianyuan base has been relatively opened, and no matter how Chen Wu reforms, at least nominally he still recognizes the empire.

As for the thieves who are running the party and the power, the center doesn't need time to recuperate.

As long as he can survive the difficult period of the past few years, and when the empire is reinvigorated, he doesn't think that the land of just two counties can set off any storms.

Of course, laissez-faire is laissez-faire, and the necessary surveillance is still indispensable.

After the regular court meeting, Qian Yuanji deliberately kept Ji Junchen and talked to him alone for half an hour.

The content is not unexpected, that is, to increase the intelligence collection of the Songjiang Army, and to plant reliable chess pieces in the top echelons of the Songjiang Army as much as possible.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can we defeat this mysteriously rising Songjiang army at the lowest cost!

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