One hundred and forty-six chapters of change

The Qing Dynasty only began to make Gansu a formal province. This was because of the need to rule – previously, Gansu was theoretically part of Shaanxi. Not only Gansu, but also Ningxia, as well as Xinjiang and part of Qinghai, all belong to Shaanxi, but the west is called Shaanxi Xingdusi. Therefore, when you spread out the map, you can see that Shaanxi is so vast that it is simply scary.

In the chaotic war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant army was so suppressed that there was really no way, so they often went to the junction of several provinces to recuperate. The provinces were unwilling to sacrifice themselves for the betterment of others, so the peasant army always made a comeback. In the Qing Dynasty, he learned this lesson from the Ming Dynasty and set up a permanent official position: governor, who ruled two or three provinces. Since then, the border of several provinces has suddenly changed from the safest place to the most dangerous place - in a province, the main force you face is naturally the official army of this province, and the reinforcements from other provinces always do not work, but if you run to the junction of several provinces, you will encounter the full force of the combined forces of several provinces mobilized by the governor!

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, etc. are all from Shaanxi, Sichuan and Shaanxi run back and forth, and Sichuan was an important battlefield in the Southern Ming Dynasty, so the Manchu Qing Dynasty set up a governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. finally waited until the world was peaceful, and the emperor couldn't sleep well when he looked at Yutu: Qin soldiers are good at fighting, and Shu is rich, in case this governor has a little bit of a bad idea one day...... The trouble must be small!

What to do? Tear it down!

The Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi has changed his name to the Governor of Sichuan, you only need to take care of one province, and then dismantle Gansu (including Ningxia and Qinghai, as well as a large area east of Urumqi) from Shaanxi! Similar to this is Anhui: Anhui and Jiangsu in the Ming Dynasty are collectively referred to as Nanzhili, which is the land of Zhu Yuanzhang's Longxing. Anhui people are strong and can fight, Jiangsu people are rich, and it is also a hidden danger for the two sides to get together! Continue to dismantle - Anqing and Huizhou each take one word, and Anhui, Jiangning, and Suzhou each take one word, called Jiangsu! During the period of the Republic of China, Feng Yuxiang continued to dismantle the Na: Xining Road and Qinghai 29 Banners in Gansu Province were dismantled and called Qinghai, and the 2 Banners of the Nine Counties of Ningxia Dao were dismantled and called Ningxia...... At this point, CHINA has been dismantled almost as much as it is today.

The name of Gansu is also Ganzhou and Suzhou, each taking one word - Ganzhou is Zhangye, and Suzhou is Jiuquan. During the Ming Dynasty, it was called Shaanxi Xingdu Division, which was more military significance, because the location of Xingdu Division was also called Gansu Town. This town is not a township of a township, it means a military town, and it has fifteen guards under its jurisdiction! During the orthodox period, Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty set up the Gansu Governor Du Yushi on the grounds that "general affairs cannot be without the responsibility of comprehensive picketing", and the officials were selected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to fill the position, and the permanent residence was also in Gansu Town. Yingzong's original intention was that the military town should also have civilian administration, but unexpectedly, a big thunder was buried. In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Yingzong was captured, Nangong was restored, and Yingzong regained the throne again...... Time flies, although Gansu has not yet become a separate province, the governor has become a permanent official position in the local area, as if he is a feudal official. The latest governor is called Xi Junyu (the word Xida), and he once wrote a heroic essay "Quit Corruption", which was recited for a while.

Speaking of Sun Jie, every day in the camp, he looks forward to the people, the grain and grass, the holy decree, and the eyes. As the saying goes, sincerity is the opening of the golden stone - but only half of the opening: half of the three things are coming.

The people and the grain were halfway through, and Sun Jie was very big. Anyone who knows that the most taboo thing in combat is the "refueling tactic": the enemy has 1,000 men, you have 2,000 men, and all other conditions are similar, two against one, you will definitely win. But if you are forced to go up with 300 people today, these 300 people will definitely not come back, and tomorrow you will be allocated 500 people, and the whole army will be wiped out...... After a few rounds, several times the strength of the troops folded in, and the enemy army was trained into a victorious army full of confidence, and his own people became frightened birds who talked about the enemy's color change, and the battle was completely impossible to fight - and this was the normal state of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is for the rogues in the mainland or the western captives outside the border, it has always been like this, and it will never be remembered for a long time.

If there is no food at all, it is easy to do: either the garrison, or the army will go to a place where there is food to eat, and do not worry about anything; If there is enough food for the people, then it is best to accumulate strength to strike a blow at the head and kill it once and for all. But giving half of it is really fatal, Sun Jie can certainly send 2,000 people to build a part of the supply station along the way - but during the time when the next batch of grain and grass is in place, the escort soldiers and the people who work will have to eat! The next batch arrived, the previous batch was eaten, and we had to start all over again - and there was no end to it! Therefore, Sun Jie had no choice but to leave the grain and send the people away, and at the same time repeatedly sent a military report to the Chengdu Third Division urging the grain and urging the soldiers.

The holy decree of the Son of Heaven encouraged Sun Jie, and the angel who announced the decree was also full of smiles, and privately conveyed to Sun Jie the personal praise of the Holy Son of Heaven, and he secretly told Sun Jie that the mother of the main palace also gave Mrs. Sun a gorgeous brocade robe - in the things given by the royal courtiers, this is very meaningful: this is called wealth and clothing! It's an unspoken commitment. Sun Jie has always put on a smile full of deference and gratitude, but his heart is full of loss: the matter of controlling the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi Province has not been mentioned by the saint at all.

"Stayed." Master Shang Wenchang sighed, "Obviously, many people in the court are against it, so the Holy Lord will not send it." ”

The inscription of His Majesty, the Son of Heaven has three choices. If it is approved, it will be directly decreed to allow it or not, and it will be rejected and retained, pretending that there is no such thing and ignoring it - this is the usual practice of taking into account the preservation of the face of the monarch and the minister.

The young marshal was relieved. The saint rewarded 200 taels of internal money and gave the old lady a gorgeous dress, which was obviously a compensation for the young marshal - the saint couldn't get over it in his heart. As long as the Holy Lord knows the loyalty and courage of the young marshal, don't take it too seriously to other things. Master Shang said with relief.

"Hmm. Originally, I didn't have too much luxury, but a few things came together. If the people and grain and grass can be gathered, the thief can only be regarded as half of the success. If I were a thief, I would definitely flee to Shaanxi and be familiar with the way. In fact, what I am most afraid of is that after they enter Shaanxi, they will jump to the west - there are many towns in the east, although they are rich, but on the one hand, there are cities to defend in many places, and they can hold out for a day or two or even two or three days, on the other hand, there are more goods, and the robbery of thieves will also slow down their escape, and we will be able to catch up sooner or later. But if it is to the west, it will be like a fish in water. Xingdu Sifu is full of guards, and we all know what those battalions are like. If I can control Shaanxi Province, I will order the Youwei Posts east of Gulangsuo and Nianbosuo (Ledu District, Haidong City, Qinghai) to shrink on all fronts, take all the people away, bring the grain that can be carried, and burn the ones that cannot be bringed, and our army will pursue at the end of the rank, and the thieves will not get any supplies, and they will fall apart if they don't last a few days. But since I have no right to order, which of those military leaders is willing to give up his military cantonment? Zhang thief ran all the way to supply on the spot, and he could also grow like a snowball with the battalion soldiers and auxiliaries, and our army couldn't grab like Zhang Thief, how could he catch up with as much food as he brought? Even if you can catch up, how can you beat it? I'm worried about that. ”

"Haha. The young marshal thought ahead. What if we don't want to go that far, but only want to be in front of us? Master Shang twisted a few handfuls of goatee on his chin and said unhurriedly.

"Oh? Master Shang, tell me about it in detail. Sun Jie's eyes lit up.

"What the young marshal wants is to gather together and completely solve this fang. However, Shang thought that it would be better to have more money to do more business and eat as much food as he wanted. If someone has the right to food, we will do it in one battle, and if not, we must also have a way of playing. Master Shang looked at Sun Jie with his eyes and said slowly, "Let's stick to the thieves in Beichuan." There are not enough people and not enough food, and these situations are known not only to the saints, but also to the adults in the court, and also to the local adults! As long as we have good news and keep sending it, who can say how we are? ”

"Yes...... Seeing that he can destroy the thief, he is unwilling! Sun Jie was a little anxious.

"Young Marshal, you are wrong! Miss by a mile. What does it mean to be able to destroy a thief'? We obviously can't! "Master Shang is more than ten years older than Sun Jie, and Old Master Sun was a master in the army before he died in the war, and he is the Sun family's own person, so he doesn't have any scruples when he speaks," the young marshal said that there are conditions, that is, there are people, food, and rights. But does the young marshal have it? No! So, we can't destroy the thief, we don't have any capital! ”

"Obviously, the combat power of our army is far above the thieves......"

"Shh......h Young marshal, you can't say this. If it spreads, Long Live Lord will also ask us to fight it. Then there will be no way back! The soldiers do not fight, fear the enemy like tigers, and hold thieves with self-respect...... How many people in the imperial court would say that? At that time, we had to fight to the death. You just said, the thieves are snowballing, we can't escape defeat, the Sun family's two-hundred-year foundation is over, these brothers who eat with you, and their families, are all over! ”

"What the master taught me." Sun Jie is loyal and brave, but he is not stupid, and he understands Master Shang's words.

Once the situation is understood, it is not difficult to formulate countermeasures. Sun Jie decided to give up the plan to establish supply stations along the way, and some of them moved north, and Shen Chenggang led the Panshi Battalion and the Huben Battalion to Nanchong, posing as if he was about to launch an attack.

However, soon, Sun Jie unexpectedly ushered in his first victory.

Shangou brought half of the Tiger Wing Battalion and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers to the southern county, and the days have been peaceful. In the nearest enemy, there were only about 200 soldiers, but Shangou was not worried at all: although the south was an empty city, the city wall was still there—the broken wall was worth 3,000 soldiers. The Jialing River turns from the north of the city in the south to the west, which is a natural barrier, so only the defense of the east side needs to be considered.

There are empty houses in the city that Cheng Xi did not burn, and the auxiliary team goes to the river to fish and chop firewood in the mountains every day, and life is quite easy. If it weren't for the fact that the army would be stationed soon, it would have been easier for the good hook machine to even tear down the wood of the houses to make fires.

After a long time of idleness, Shangou couldn't stay still, so he decided to do something. What should I do? Thousands of people went to hit Nanjin Pass, and the good hook machine was not so aggrieved to this extent. Thinking that when the marshal's Tanma came over, he said that the Liubian Post was unreliable, and there was only one infantry team stationed, so he decided to dig a handful.

Besides, Zhang Hu learned that it was Sun Jie who was about to face, so he didn't show any abnormality on his face, and he felt a little bitter in his heart. The prestige of the Sun family, which Ming people don't know? is the leader of his own horse team, and in the eyes of the hereditary general's Sun family, he is no different from an ant. As for Fang Ge, not to mention, the Weisuo Army itself is not comparable to the border army, Zhang Hu is afraid, and Fang Ge is even more bottomless in his heart. However, they also know that they also have advantages: Sun Jie is almost a no-man's land for hundreds of miles along the way, and it is impossible to come at once, one or the other, even if they arrive at Baoning Mansion, there is Nanjin Pass in the south, and the high wall also adds some confidence to the two. Worried, Zhang Hu also has a small flame burning in his heart: if he can defeat Sun Jie...... Then he will become famous overnight in the whole Daming!

After thinking about it, it really made him come up with a clever plan. Since half of Baoning was taken by a sneak attack, Zhang Hu decided to do it again according to the gourd painting: Liubianyi was his own people, but they were still under the banner of the Ming army, and when Sun Jie attacked Nanjin Pass head-on, he sent a strange army from Liubianyi, under the banner of support, to come to the inside and outside when the battle was at its most intense!

Just do it, Zhang Hu asked people to send hundreds of stone grains to Liubianyi and said hello. Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating by mistake - Mr. Zhuge Kongming, who was good at hooking the machine, sang the empty city plan, threw down the auxiliary troops to defend the city, and took two infantry teams to Liubianyi for a sneak attack. When I arrived at the place, I was thinking about how to charge, but I didn't expect the camp gate to open, and the defenders shouted "Why did you come here so quickly", "Didn't you say two battalions, why are you these people, you are opening the way" and greeted him enthusiastically......

More than 100 dead heads brought first-class merit to the confused Sun Jie, and before he even saw the enemy, the deputy marshal justifiably became the "big marshal" that the brothers had been calling and the great victory of Liubianyi, which also opened the prelude to the war in northern Sichuan.