Chapter Twenty-Six: Attacking the Heart

He Xi shook his head and said, "No, you prepare first." Then he wrote a letter and asked him to shoot into the city.

When He Xi wrote the letter, he didn't carry Ye Shen on his back, and Ye Shen could see it clearly.

He Xi wrote very simply, he first complimented Zhizhou as a capable minister, then expanded his military prestige, and then said that he would go down to the city on the fifth day. Then deduce the fate of Zhizhou for Zhizhou, so the city is broken, in order to warn the people of the world, it will be killed and then quickly. And even if Zhizhou is lucky enough to hold the city, will this one thing be over? No. Shandong prefectures and counties, there are few prepared, and there are many unprepared, and it is impossible for all prefectures and counties to be like Dezhou City, and the army swept away the prefectures and counties, and Dezhou became an isolated city. Even if reinforcements come here, they will fight with us and others under the city of Texas, and the blood will flow like a river. No matter who wins or loses, the people of Texas will be killed and wounded heavily. There is no one out of ten, Nanjing and Beijing, both the grandsons of the first emperor, the dispute between the two families, for the unification also, who is right and wrong, the words are difficult to determine, if the state is sealed and sealed, report the grace of the first emperor, and the suffering of the people. And guaranteed that as long as Texas opened the city, the army would not kill a single person, and only asked the official warehouse to pay taxes on grain and grass, and did not take anything from the people. If the army does not move south, Texas can descend south. The people of Texas were not injured. You can also report the name of the state.

Ye Shen said, "That's it? Will the governor of Texas agree?"

He Xi said indifferently, "Always try. No, I won't talk about it."

He Xi felt that he was fifty percent sure.

Without him, as soon as he came to Texas, he actually understood that Texas has become an eventful place at the moment, and he is very likely to be involved in the war and die, even if he can hold Texas, he may not be able to protect himself in a big war. If the seal is gone, it is still possible to save his life.

Second, He Xi said a lot of things, not for the Texas governor. It's for the people of Texas.

For the people of Texas, it doesn't really matter who is right and who is wrong, who wins and who loses. The most important thing is that this battle does not start in Texas. After all, if the front is repeatedly pulled in Texas, it will hurt the Texas region too much.

The surrender of the Northern Army is not acceptable.

Third, He Xi knew by looking at the morale in the city that it was estimated that no one of them had the confidence to really defend the city.

As far as He Xi is concerned, there is a place to fight, that is, the line of defense between the rivers. This is his bottom line, and in the area south of the Hejian defense line, He Xi does not have any mandatory requirements for local officials, this is a civil war after all, and it is acceptable for them to come from the south to the south and the north to the north.

Except for some strategic points, He Xi did not have the idea of where to defend.

Now, even if he wants to guard it, He Xi doesn't expect the local officials to guard it.

I don't know, He Xi's letter has had an effect, or if the people of Texas are really afraid of the repeated war. So the real Kaesong surrendered. And the officials of the city fled.

He Xi led the soldiers and horses into the city of Texas, and obtained several more stones of officialdom grain and thousands of taels of silver. It can be said that this time the military rations for the south are available.

Originally, He Xi wanted to trim up a little in Texas and continue south. It's just that he never imagined that as soon as he settled down, he heard the sound of crying in the city.

He Xi immediately sent someone to inquire, and immediately understood what was going on. There were soldiers who plundered the people.

He Xi was immediately furious.

To tell the truth, what kind of virtue the Ming army is, He Xi has always known.

Although the Ming army is said to be good, the army of the economic system, the money and food are enough, but in essence it is still an old army, and the military discipline in the army has always been maintained by severe punishment and harsh laws. And once it comes to wartime, there is some laxity in military discipline.

After all, when you have to work down, there are some things that you can't care about too much.

Many people even regard sending troops to fight as a great opportunity to make money and water.

As for why, these troops are very honest in the Hebei territory, and as soon as they get out of the Hebei territory, that's it. Without him, there are elite people in the army from all over the country, and some of them are the local guards in the river. With them, it is impossible to bring disaster to the village.

Now, as soon as the Hebei army leaves Hebei, it will go to other places. Naturally, I let go of my hands and feet.

The harm of the guest army has always been like this.

There are some other problems, such as ideological confusion in the military.

That's right, Zhu Xiongying's army was too sudden

Finish. Not only Nanjing felt sudden, but Beijing also felt sudden, and many people had already sent troops to fight before they could figure out what was happening. In this case, the soldiers were at a loss, and they didn't care so much about military discipline or anything.

After all, the above is the opposite, can't I be against it?

This is also the absence of a vicious battle, otherwise, it is easy to desert.

Even if He Xi gave repeated orders before entering the city, in this case, it would be useless.

It can be said that in the current situation, Nanjing has Nanjing's difficulties, and Beijing also has Beijing's problems. Neither side was ready. But many things, as they are, can never be prepared, and the two sides of the war are fighting to see who makes fewer mistakes, not not not not not to make no mistakes.

He Xi immediately ordered Ye Shen to integrate the whole army and arrest the soldiers who violated military law.

There were more than 100 people in total. On the whole, sin is not unto death.

After all, on the whole, the military discipline of the Ming army is not bad, and there are no vicious crimes, but robbing things, sweeping the streets, and taking them indiscriminately, the most serious one is molesting women.

He Xi didn't say a word, and ordered them all to be beheaded.

First, we will rectify military discipline and let the people below know that now it is a war. Be serious, and no longer listen to military orders, but you have to fall to the ground. Second, it is also to buy the hearts of the people, after all, in He Xi's plan, he did not think about the idea of a war to determine the world, at least a few years of tug-of-war, Shandong is likely to be the main battlefield, and it is very important for the people here to turn their backs.

And with He Xi's understanding of the Ming army, especially the understanding of the guest army, the Beijing camps in various places are already good, and they are elite. It's not that the elite doesn't loot, but the elite is more law-abiding. You don't dare to mess around without an order from above.

Therefore, when the bandits are in their family, most of them are when military discipline is broken.

He Xi didn't expect that the army under his command could be like ***, it was impossible. He Xi has been in Daming for so many years, but in fact, it has not changed the ecology of the Ming army. It must be better than the south side, though.

Sure enough, He Xi took a series of measures to stabilize Texas City.

Of course, in the troubled times, the military spirit is the supreme, and He Xi rewarded the whole army with all the silver taels in the treasury of Texas. Although each of them did not get much, or even less than one yuan, even if the low-level soldiers in this era fought a war, they only had a few buckets of grain a month, and one yuan was a salary of two or three months, which was equivalent to a month's salary to everyone.

All of a sudden, morale was stabilized.

Immediately, He Xi left a thousand households, after the army, to watch the grain and grass here, and prepared to transfer, leaving a part, and the rest were transferred to Hejian Province, after all, food will be a strategic resource in the future, and it is the most scarce resource in Beijing.

He Xi did not appoint Texas officials, but still gathered the grain chiefs and officials of Texas, as well as local leaders and faces, and asked them to organize and temporarily manage Texas affairs. If a non-commissioned officer violates the law and discipline, he can directly report it to the army, and he will be dealt with severely. And announced that if the army retreated, it would tell them in advance that after the army left, it would descend to the south. But if they collude with the Southern Army and it is not good for them, don't blame them for killing them next time they come back.

Don't be unpredictable.

A few words, so that Texas did not dare not slack off.

After all, maybe one of these people has special ambitions and wants to make a career in the chaos, but magnified to the characters on the table of the entire Texas City. But not many people are willing to take risks. Most people are ordinary people, and it is already good to be able to protect the family business in troubled times.

Where there are other ideas.

The way out given by He Xi can do this, and there is no risk, so he is naturally willing.

He Xi also sent someone to buy some things in Texas City, but it wasn't a big deal. It is nothing more than the medicinal materials used in the army, but all of them are bought with real money. There was no requisition at all, so that the Texas field was blocked up and down, and some people even watched the army travel.

It's not like troubled times at all.

Seeing this, He Xi secretly said in his heart, "I hope all this can be maintained."

Although as far as He Xi himself is concerned, he does not seem to have spread the war to the people. But this one thing, he didn't count it alone. It also needs to be cooperated by Nanjing

Yes.