Chapter 110: Mei Yin's thoughts

Ningxia, Lanzhou, and Lintao, including the later Ningxia Province, have been most of Gansu. The Hexi Corridor was originally in the Shaanxi Xingdu Division area, but now it is in the hands of King Yan.

But King Yan has been withdrawing his troops one after another.

Of course, tens of thousands of troops in the Xingdusi area of Shaanxi were probably pulled away by King Yan. It's pulled to the Western Regions.

Just send someone to take over in the future.

It was already desolate, but now it looks even more desolate.

As long as you send a few thousand soldiers, nothing will happen.

After Ningxia, originally in the Ningxia area, there were more than 100,000 troops in the northern army, and it was impossible to make trouble.

But in Lanzhou and Lintao, there are only two regiments of the Northern Army, plus He Xi's escort thousands. There were more than 10,000 people in total, and the rest were surrendered troops. Originally, the Ningxia army was going to enter. But after the first battle of Xiaoguan, these armies stopped in Guyuan.

Pin down the enemy forces at Xiao Pass.

The place of these two or three prefectures is in chaos. There are about 100,000 people in all aspects.

There are all kinds of ingredients in this, some of them responded to Mei Yin's army, and they wanted to speculate and fight for fame and wealth. There was a soldier who supported the Nanjing court. There were Tusi soldiers from all over the country who took advantage of the fire to rob, and bandits came indiscriminately. There are defeated soldiers who have been defeated in battles, and they have become bandits.

In short, a garbled word is not enough to describe.

This is actually the real war.

As far as military discipline is concerned, these chaotic soldiers have no bottom line to the extreme.

And the big battle on both sides of the Yellow River, because both sides were elite soldiers, although the battle was very fierce, but in fact, the people suffered the least twists and turns. Without him, for elite soldiers, maintaining military discipline is the most basic. And the generals are very strong, and even defeat may not leave the army in a disorganized situation, because the situation is too dangerous.

Once the army is in such a situation, tens of thousands of troops may be chased by hundreds or thousands of troops.

And elite soldiers mean that even if some armies are disrupted, they are looking for return. Because they know that as long as they are in a group on the battlefield, the probability of survival is high.

Even if it is not good, it is to surrender, surrender in a group, and the treatment can be higher.

Therefore, there are very few cases of random soldiers raiding places.

Even some organized atrocities are outrageous, but no matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order. Organized atrocities, there is also a certain purpose. And this kind of unorganized atrocity is the only way to fully bring out the evil of human nature.

And now these places are suffering from such a situation.

He Xi summoned Lanzhou officials, headed by Mei Yin.

He Xi said, "This situation must not continue, and it must end immediately. Brother Mei, what can you do?"

Mei Yin said: "The best way is to immediately rebuild the government, appoint officials, recruit rebels, find a few thieves, and make an example of chickens and monkeys. Let the people below take care of themselves. Something else is going to happen."

He Xi said, "What should I do?"

Mei Yin said: "The lower officials thought that Yulin, Ningxia, Guyuan, Lanzhou, Lintao, Gongchang and other places should be merged into one province and officials should be sent to govern, as for the officials below, all the officials who surrendered could stay in their original positions, and if they surrendered from all walks of life, if they were willing to hand over their troops and horses, they could be transferred to civilian officials, Lanzhou, Lintao and other places should be mainly locals, or officials could be transferred from Ningxia, Guyuan, Yulin and other places. Ningxia and other places can transfer some officials from Beijing. I'll make adjustments in the future."

He Xi pondered for a moment and felt that Mei Yin's method was feasible.

Although there are such and such problems in using locals as officials, the greatest advantage is that the local chaos is quickly resolved.

That's all that matters.

The northwest region is originally vast and sparsely populated, and Hu and Han are mixed. This kind of chaos will hurt the vitality for a long time.

He Xicai didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to use decades to cultivate the vitality, and he was dropped by himself.

What's more, this mess has been going on for a long time. It is quite possible for the Southern Army to find an opportunity to counterattack.

Without him, Guanzhong leads to these local avenues, not only Xiaoguan Road, but also Dasanguan, and these places are not only adjacent to Guanzhong, but also connected to Hanzhong and Sichuan.

Although the road was also difficult, it was not impossible to march.

If you don't straighten out the order, it is very likely that the territory that you originally got in your hands will be swallowed up by others.

As for other issues, such as locals sitting in big huddles. None of these issues are important in the face of these two big issues.

It's easy to solve it in the future.

Moreover, in Mei Yin's arrangement, there is also a layer of strategic arrangement, which is merged into provinces. The locals are officials, which implies that in Lintao and other places, there will be no large-scale use of troops, but in Guyuan, Yulin, Ningxia, people from Beijing will be used.

It is because there can be no accidents in fighting on the front line, and once a mistake occurs, it is very likely that hundreds of thousands of troops will be defeated or even wiped out. Therefore, these magistrates cannot but be cautious. But Lintao and other places don't need soldiers, so you can relax a little. Don't worry that much.

Don't worry about gains and losses.

Because this is a secondary battlefield.

This is also what He Xi values the most.

This thorough understanding of the big picture is something that many people possess.

He Xi said, "Yes, it's exactly what I want, but I don't know if Brother Mei is willing to be this governor. Guarding this place for Your Majesty?"

Because it doesn't matter here. Even the land south of Lintao Mansion is really lost. He Xi didn't think it was a big deal. The reason for the fight for Guanzhong is actually to attack the Central Plains in a roundabout way.

Don't spend troops here, after all, it's too far away from Beijing. The logistics of the army are difficult to maintain. The new army had many problems fighting here, just like the Battle of Ningxia, which wiped out most of the army's gunpowder reserves after the first battle. There was a logistical gap for a long time, and within ten days and half a month, the army's gunpowder reserves were below the cordon.

Fighting a war here is probably a more serious problem than fighting a war in Ningxia.

He Xi decided that after the establishment of the province, the operations in this area would mainly be dominated by the local army. As long as it doesn't collapse and affect the operation in Guanzhong, it's fine. However, we also have to worry about the townization.

He Xi thought of Mei Yin.

Mei Yin is different from others in the end. It's not that He Xi trusts Mei Yin. felt that Mei Yin would not take power. But He Xi knew that Mei Yin, as Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine, had great ambitions, and he didn't just want a small town, he wanted to have a position in the center.

In the future, the position of the center will be exchanged for Mei Yin's authority here, and Mei Yin will happily take office, and even personally clean up the local forces that want to be suppressed.

Although this kind of clean-up is not a killing, it is very likely that he will be arranged to be an official in other aspects. It will never be because of the things here, but it will implicate his future in Beijing.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty festival envoys were also like this.

If you want to have great power in the center, you naturally have to deal with your own team from the perspective of the imperial court, which is influential, but it is impossible to appear in a feudal town. However, Li Linfu rejected the way of border generals and generals, coupled with the reuse of Hu generals and the use of Han generals less, and finally evolved into the Anshi Rebellion.

This is not the whole reason, but it is also an important factor.

As long as you turn the page of history, many things are enough to learn from.

In addition, Mei Yin has a long local time, the influence of this place is very great, and Mei Yin himself is both civil and military, He Xi does not expect him to be able to lead the army, break through the Dasan Pass and enter Guanzhong, or go south to Hanzhong and Shuzhong, as long as the local rule is maintained and does not collapse.

It is enough to ask the court for money less.

After all, there was no surplus food in the emperor's house.

As soon as the war starts, money is needed in all aspects, and the previous national debt is almost spent.

It's just that He Xi's mind is He Xi's mind. Mei Yin may not be this idea.

Mei Yin has a lot of ideas, and in general, he has two worries, first, that is, he is worried that there will be fewer opportunities to make meritorious contributions, and he knows very well that in the war between the north and the south, there are many nobles and nobles, and these people will be like the original founding heroes, and lay the political pattern for the next few decades or even longer. He didn't want to lose the machine

Yes...

Second, Mei Yin was not an ally in the imperial court. He was very worried that even if he made a career here, no one would know about it in Beijing.

There are people in the DPRK who are good officials, and vice versa. No one in the DPRK and China is a foreign official, and it is very passive.