Stilwell didn't go to Chengxinjiapo in the end, because of a telegram, he dragged his footsteps to Jingshi.

Some toasts from Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and southern Sichuan. actually rebelled in tandem, and they gathered a large number of native soldiers.

besieged Liuzhou, and even went north to attack Chengdu and Sichuan and Chongqing.

There are only some local security forces in Liuzhou, and the equipment is at most the level of dealing with some bandits and petty thieves.

After being besieged by the rebels for two days, it was actually captured.

Reports came back that the rebels were killing heavily in Liuzhou, and that there was a tendency to gather heavy troops and continue northward.

On the other side, the veteran Kong Youde guarded Chengdu. The equipment of the troops under his command was not bad, and they had sufficient experience in suppressing bandits.

The bandits in Sichuan have already been wiped out!

Chengdu and Chongqing have veterans in charge, and the situation is good. However, telegrams requesting reinforcements were also sent to the General Staff several times a day.

"Rebellion?" When Li Xiao saw this telegram, his brows immediately twisted into a pimple.

Today's Ming Dynasty can be said to be the people living and working in peace and contentment, and the country is growing day by day.

Moreover, the taxes of the imperial court can be said to be the lowest in all dynasties.

Li Xiao didn't expect that there would be people who would rebel like this.

Moreover, a rebellion is three provinces.

"Those places in Yungui, Guangxi, are now basically managed by local toasts. The imperial court was there, and even the county officials couldn't stay any longer.

Not to mention, ordinary Han people.

Some of these toasts even ruled here during the Shu Han of the Three Kingdoms.

Guangxi Yungui, mountainous and mosa-like. Even if the imperial court sends troops to suppress it, it often outweighs the losses. ”

"Do you lose more than you lose?" Li Xiao looked at Stilwell.

Although the land of the Ming Dynasty is vast, not an inch is superfluous. This is from Stilwell's mouth, I didn't expect this thing to say it now.

"Yes!

Because most of the officers and soldiers were northerners, they were not familiar with the climate in the south. went to fight in the south, and the battle losses were still secondary.

The main enemies are all kinds of poisonous insects in the area, as well as malaria and other diseases.

Often, the losses caused by epidemics are greater than the losses caused by war.

And!

Even if the imperial court was defeated, it would not be possible to achieve a long-term garrison in the local area.

The reason is that the officers and soldiers in the north are not adapted to the local climate. If you are stationed, you will still be plagued.

The main force of our army today is the Liao army, and sixty percent of Liaodong is composed of Liaodong people, and the rest except for Shandong people are Hebei people.

With the main force of our Liao army, I am afraid that we will lose a lot if we go to quell this rebellion.

Even if the rebellion is put down for a while, in the long run. The local power of the Tusi is already intertwined and difficult to shake.

If the imperial court garrisons, I'm afraid it will take at least more than 200,000.

Now our Ming soldiers, in addition to the four main divisions, are leaving overseas marines.

If you want to mobilize so many troops, you can only ...... Expansion of the army. ”

Things have come to a cliché again, the expansion of the army!

Li Xiao also wanted to expand the army, but the financial situation did not allow it.

In particular, the main divisions are changing their equipment and mechanization. This silver coin is like flowing water, and now if the army is expanded, the imperial court's finances will not be able to bear it at all.

Sure enough, Stilwell's words just fell. Ai Husheng, who was in charge of money, jumped out!

"This year's income of the imperial court is 99 million silver coins!

Sounds like a lot, but there are large projects all over the place. There is also the construction of schools and so on, which accounts for half of the education expenses.

Of the remaining 50 percent, almost 30 percent has become military spending. The imperial court is really out of money! ”

"Sancheng also has more than 30 million silver dollars, and I don't think we spent that much money. There's a cat in there! Ao Ye smoked a cigar and looked at Ai Husheng with an unkind expression.

"My Ao Ye, how many armored vehicles have you changed in one division, as well as the expensive tanks.

If nothing else, your tank shell will cost you 180 pieces of silver. Howitzer shells are more expensive!

You calculate how many shells you shoot in a year.

Nowadays, field divisions are changing their clothes. The imperial court is going to build a new tank production base, which will have to be done with white silver coins.

Your tanks and armored vehicles are not the most expensive, but even more expensive than you are airplanes.

The cost of one Stuka is equal to the cost of three tanks.

There are also more expensive bombers, one that can cost you eight tanks.

That's not the most expensive, do you know how much a flat-topped boat costs in Lushun?

Eight million silver coins each, more expensive than a battleship. And that's not even counting the price of the planes that will fly on it in the future.

Fully equipped, without 12 or 3 million silver coins, don't even think about it.

On the second master's side, there are three ships built in one piece.

You do the math! You do the math!

Do you think I'm greedy for all this money, and I'm going to eat it?

If that's the case, I'm going to be born with five thunders. Ai Husheng really had no choice, so he simply swore an oath.

"Alright, I know your home is difficult." Li Xiao waved his hand.

"Among the field divisions, the second division currently has the least redress. Only one armored battalion, two armored infantry battalions were replaced.

First, the southern water network is vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the deployment of armored forces.

The second is, the South. Especially in places like Yunnan, Guichuan and Guangxi, road construction is far worse than that in the mainland.

There are many bridges in many places that simply cannot allow tanks and armored vehicles to pass.

Therefore, the imperial court is also studying the relevant equipment used in the south. ”

Stilwell reluctantly took over the conversation!

"Light weapons are enough, and with airships, you can put down the rebellion." Li Xiao ignored Stilwell's concerns.

In recent years, the Second Division of the Liao Army and other Liao Army units have embarked on different paths.

In order to cope with the war in the south, they recruited a large number of Fujian and Zhejiang people to join the army.

Especially in the Wenzhou area where Qi Jiguang was conscripted, it was the focus of conscription.

Li Xiao once went to inspect that Yuan Chonghuan's nephew, Lieutenant General Yuan Bao, had trained his troops very well, and it was a mountain force worthy of a war.

Because of the topography in the south, Li Xiao equipped the Second Division with a large number of airships.

These airships can transport more than half a division almost at a time.

The weapon that airships are most afraid of is anti-aircraft guns.

But Li Xiao didn't think that the rebels in the 100,000 mountains could even build anti-aircraft guns.

"To be on the safe side, you can order the Burmese soldiers of the Burmese king and the Jiaozhi soldiers of the Jiaozhi king.

There are also Lao soldiers of the king of Laos, who will march together to suppress.

It would be even better if the second master could send one or two divisions of marines. Stilwell suggested.

"!

My Ming affairs, let the people of the vassal state help to get involved?

Did you let them calm the mess, or did you let them come to see the jokes?

The affairs of the Ming Dynasty, we will solve it ourselves. If there are really not enough troops, I will take the troops with me.

The terrain in the south is not conducive to the deployment of tank armored vehicles, and our first division has not fought on foot?

Joke! ”

As soon as Stilwell's words came out, Ao Ye became angry. If it weren't for Li Xiao's eyes, I'm afraid he would have started scolding his mother a long time ago.

"Involving the people of the vassal state is indeed detrimental to the prestige of my Ming Dynasty.

It's as if I can't put down this rebellion!

But the Marines were brought back, and I agree with that.

I want to see what the quality of these young master soldiers is.

Don't mess around overseas, you won't even be able to eat.

If that were the case, the Marines would probably have to tear it down and rebuild. ”

Li Xiao made up his mind to take a good look at the performance of the Marines this time.

If it doesn't fight well, it will simply be disbanded, and one division after another will be rebuilt.

Even Li Xiao thought about it, and the rebuilt Marine Corps would become an independent branch of the army.

No longer under the unified command of the Navy!

This kind of thing can no longer take care of Li Xiu's face.

After the meeting adjourned, Li Xiao stared at the three southwestern provinces for a long time.

He couldn't figure out why these three places had suddenly rebelled.

There was a knock at the door, and Junko pushed the door open, and Midori walked in.

"What the hell is going on in the Southwest?" Li Xiao didn't believe that those toasts in the southwest were connected in such a large-scale series.

Midori and her men didn't get a word out of it!

"We have reported on the affairs of the southwest. I also sent a special report, but at that time you were supervising the battle in Uralsk.

I can only report to Shousuke-sama, and I have entrusted him with the transfer of the report.

You...... You didn't receive it? ”

Lu Zhu looked at Li Xiao strangely, the intelligence department was her responsibility.

But the information was withheld, so it wasn't her responsibility.

"You mean, you gave Sun Yuanhua?" Li Xiaoyi frowned.

Sun Yuanhua withheld the report document to himself, which is a big deal.

"It's true, you were in Uralsk at that time. According to the words you left before leaving, the report document will be shown to Lord Shousuke first, and then he will be transferred to Uralsk. ”

"Got it! I'll look into this matter, and tell me what the situation is in the southwest.

All of a sudden, all those toasts joined forces to rebel.

Among them, no one colludes in tandem, I'm afraid it won't work. ”

"Those places in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi have actually been the world of Tusi for a long time. The earliest Tusi was even canonized by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

has ruled there for more than a thousand years!

Their power in the local area is intertwined, even if the imperial court exterminated one or two, but after the imperial army's army was withdrawn, there was still the world of Tusi.

During the reign of Shenzong, Yang Yinglong's rebellion was like this.

Although Yang Yinglong committed suicide in defeat, after the imperial army entered and suppressed, Banzhou still had the final say on the Yang family.

No way, his family has ruled there for four hundred years, and the common people have become accustomed to obeying them.

The imperial court has not had enough troops in recent years, and only a small number of troops have been stationed in some large cities. It's still the security forces!

The main force of the Second Division stayed in Guangdong and Fujian all the year round, and its deterrent effect against them was really limited.

And!

In the past two years, the imperial court's attitude towards Tusi has been arrogant.

In the Central Plains court, it can be regarded as a light and meager endowment, but it can be in the southwest. The imperial court can be described as tyrannical!

There are so many taxes in the local area that people are dizzying, there is a tea tax for tea, rice has a rice tax, and even soy sauce has a soy sauce tax.

And most of these taxes fall on the head of the local toast.

The tax collectors sent by the imperial court can no longer be described as fierce.

If the tax does not come up, it will be forced, if it is not forced, it will be beaten, and if it cannot be resisted, it will die.

Last year alone, eight toasts hanged themselves.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

Since last year, the imperial court has implemented the reform of the land and returned to the stream, depriving the Tusi of their rights step by step.

The first is the judicial power!

In the past, if there was something unfair in the local area, or if there was a case, it was handled by the toast.

Now, everything has to be handled by officials sent by the imperial court.

The officials didn't know what was going on, as long as the people were arguing with the toast. Whether it's Toast's fault or not, they will sentence Toast to lose.

And for those toasts, they reprimanded them in court at every turn. Even some county magistrates also arrested the toast and put it in flail for public display.

From last year to the first half of this year, there were as many as five toasts who were flailed.

There are also some officials who want to eat and take cards for those toasts. Still......! ”

"How?"

"There are also those who deliberately wronged the land and arrested them and sent them to prison.

It was not so much that the Tusi united to rebel, but that the imperial court forced them to rebel. ”

"You and Sun Yuanhua have said these things?" Li Xiao frowned and looked at the three provinces on the map and asked.

"Yes, the report is more detailed."

"Alright, it's none of your business. Let's go down! Li Xiao said coldly.

Lu Zhu found that Li Xiao's neck was a little red.

Obviously, Li Xiao is about to enter the stage of rage, and it is better to go first at this time. was sprinkled on his head by the marshal, and that was the real disaster of the pond fish.

Watching Green Bead run out like a wolf, Junko was a little strange.

At this time, there was a sudden loud shout in the office: "Let Sun Yuanhua come to see me." ”

Shunzi is a spirit, and it has been a long time since he heard Li Xiao's violent roar.

Sun Yuanhua took square steps, and appeared at the door of the Marshal's Mansion with the appearance of an old god.

Although Junko secretly reminded him many times, the old guy seemed to be fine, and walked inside with official steps.

Li Xiao looked at Sun Yuanhua with cruel eyes, and Shunzi poured a cup of tea and quickly hid out of the office.

"May I ask Shousuke-sama, did you forget to give me a report!" Li Xiao was not in the mood to ink with him, so he simply got straight to the point.

"Report! I don't know which part the handsome is referring to. Sun Yuanhua didn't pay any attention to Li Xiao's eyes that wanted to eat people.

"Which one? The one with the green beads. ”

"Oh, that report, I'm afraid the lower officials can't present it to the marshal." Sun Yuanhua was very single, and did not deny the existence of that report.

"Can't? Why? This time, Li Xiao was a little surprised. He didn't expect the old guy to admit it like this, without a word of excuse.

"Because of that report, the lower officials have already burned it."

"It's burning!" At this moment, Li Xiao's eyes widened.

This old guy, so generously admitted, burned his own report?

"Hmmm! Go up in flames. Because Dashuai read this report, it is harmful to my Daming. ”

"Oh, how do you say? Don't you know about the rebellion in southern Xinjiang? ”

The old guy's composure made Li Xiao a little strange.

"Yes, and this rebellion was largely provoked at my behest.

It can also be said that I forced those toasts to rebel. ”

"Why?"