Chapter 63: Sending troops north
In the Jinling City Mansion, a group of core members under Song Xuan's command held a meeting again.
Li Shanchang was the latest.
As soon as he entered the palace, he confessed: "Let the lord wait for a long time!" ”
As he spoke, he said with a smile: "I led people to seal all kinds of documents and materials of the household registration department in the government, and with those things, the people of Jinling City and the counties and townships, taxes, fields and various situations can be grasped as soon as possible." ”
Song Xuan nodded approvingly: "If Jinling City is taken, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will be completely included in our control."
Our territory is getting bigger and bigger, and we need more and more talents.
Go back and deliberate, and pick some suitable officials to submit the list. ”
Li Shanchang and the others nodded yes.
Later, several people discussed whether to continue to send troops next.
On this issue, several people rarely disagreed.
Liu Bowen was inclined to continue to send troops and take the Anqing territory.
Anqing, that is, the boundary of Anhui Province in later generations.
According to him, the situation in Anqing today has not yet stabilized, and the two rebel armies of Liu Futong and Guo Zixing are fighting separately, although their strength is not weak, but they are still much worse than the Hangzhou army.
At this time, if you send troops, you can take Anqing at a very small price, if you wait for another year, wait for the two rebels to integrate the Anqing forces, if you want to capture it again, the price you have to pay will be increased several times.
Li Shanchang suggested that it is better to be steady, and now that Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are in control, they can develop well for the last year and continue to recruit and train troops.
What he is most worried about is that if the troops are sent to Anqing here, the troops are empty, and if Xu Shouhui from Jiangxi leads the army to attack, won't he suffer?
There was a disagreement between the two civil officials under his command, Song Xuan pondered for a while, and did not make a decision directly, but opened his mouth to order Tsing Yi Wei to lead the sixth child.
"Go, call that kid from Lanyu!"
The sixth child took the order out, and after a while, the high-spirited Lan Yu was taken to the Shuai Mansion.
"Lan Yu, meet the handsome!" Seeing Song Xuan, Lan Yu subconsciously wanted to kneel on one knee.
"We Han men, we don't need to bow down at every turn!"
Song Xuan opened his mouth, motioned for him to sit down first, and said; "I called you here today to ask you, if you are given a soldier and horse, can you be sure that you will defeat Anqing?"
"Anqing?"
Lan Yu was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "That's our hometown, and the handsome is going to send troops to fight down?" ”
"Yes!"
Song Xuanzhen said: "On the Anqing side, there are mainly two rebel armies, Liu Futong and Guo Zixing, with a total of more than 200,000 people. If you were to lead the troops, would you have the guts? ”
"What don't you dare!" Lan Yu patted his chest and said, "The marshal only needs to give me 50,000 soldiers and horses, and I will definitely take Anqing for you!" ”
He is not arrogant and boasting about this.
But in today's battle with the Yuan army, he has already realized the true strength of the Hangzhou army.
Even the Mongolian cavalry, which is known as invincible in the world, can be easily defeated, a group of so-called rebels, no matter how many they are, in his eyes, they are just a group of rogues.
"I'll give you 80,000!"
Song Xuan said seriously: "Ben Shuai said that you are a natural general, and you should be born to gallop on the battlefield." I don't have high requirements, before the cold winter, your army and horses, at least take root in Anqing, can you do it? ”
Lan Yu immediately knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "I will live up to the trust of the commander!" I am willing to make a military order, if I can't gain a foothold in Anqing, Lan Yu will come to see me! ”
Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang glanced at each other, and both of them looked a little unpleasant.
They recognized the lord's evaluation of Lan Yu, and they also knew that this person had the talent of a general, and he would definitely be of great use in the future.
But now, Lan Yu is still too young!
A young man who looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he is in charge of an army and goes out to fight, and the order of the lord is too risky.
In fact, they were not worried that Lan Yu would be defeated, with such a situation, the lord sat on the rich land of the two provinces, even if he lost 80,000 horses, he would not be broken.
What they are worried about is that the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!
Lan Yu, who suddenly took power at a young age, if she has a different heart and wants to support the army and stand on her own, what should she do?
And at this moment, Song Xuan's voice sounded.
But seeing his gaze turning, it first fell on Song Yuanqiao.
Since the last time I had some unpleasant trouble with Liu Bowen and others, Yu Lianzhou and other Wudang masters no longer came to attend the meeting of the Shuai Mansion on the grounds that they did not understand military affairs.
In this regard, Song Xuan was not reluctant, and it was enough to have Song Yuanqiao, a representative of Wudang, attend the meeting.
"Father, the safety of General Lan is up to you!"
Song Yuanqiao smiled and said: "My Wudang people don't understand military affairs, but they can still handle martial arts." Don't worry, this time I will personally go out with your second uncle and go out with the army, and I will ensure that the blue jade is foolproof! ”
The father and son glanced at each other and smiled slightly.
Song Xuan's meaning, how could Song Yuanqiao not understand?
It is said to protect the blue jade, but it is also not a kind of surveillance?
Lan Yu didn't understand this, he just felt that the big man was too important to him, and even sent the masters of the Wudang faction to protect his safety.
The grace of knowing the encounter can only be repaid with death!
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After the meeting, everyone left one after another, but Li Shanchang stayed.
"Lord, we really don't need to be in such a hurry. Frequent dispatch of troops is easy to attract the attention of the Yuan Court, which is really unfavorable to us! ”
Song Xuan waved his hand and said: "It's late autumn now, even if the Yuan court army defeats the Ming army in Henan, and then wants to go south, it will have to pass the winter, after the spring of the next year."
This period of time is an excellent period for sending troops, and you can't let the Anqing Righteous Army go unchecked, otherwise it will become a big disaster in the future! ”
Li Shanchang was a little puzzled, "The lord seems to value the rebels in the Anqing realm? But in my opinion, Xu Shouhui, who is sitting in Jiangxi and is constantly building ships, is our great enemy!
If the lord has to send troops, I would prefer to send troops to Jiangxi! ”
Song Xuan smiled, "The order has been given, and Mr. will do it!" ”
Li Shanchang was silent for a moment, clenched his fists to receive his orders, and left.
Seeing his figure leave, Song Xuan stood in place, not moving.
There are some things that he can't say directly.
If we talk about the current situation alone, Jiangxi's Xu Shouhui is indeed more powerful and needs to be solved.
But as a time-traveler from later generations, he knows very well that compared with Xu Shouhui or Chen Youliang in Jiangxi, Zhu Yuanzhang and his group, who are now dormant under Guo Zixing, are more worthy of his attention.
If you only talk about martial arts, Zhang Wuji, the leader of the Ming Sect, is naturally the protagonist.
But if the scope is expanded to the entire land of China and even the whole world, the real protagonist of this world, the son of luck, is actually the future Ming Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang!
Today's Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet fledged and his power has not yet grown, it is the time to subdue or kill!
As for whether to collect or kill, it depends on Lan Yu's performance next.