"Qin Liangyu, you..."
Zhang Yixian thought Qin Liangyu would send troops soon, but he didn't expect her to disobey his order.
And what he was resisting was the order of the Crown Prince.
This is troublesome, the prince is still waiting for her help.
In the face of Zhang Yixian's anxious and annoyed expression, Qin Liangyu said: "Eunuch Zhang, please go back and report for the time being. I will consider how to send troops based on the situation in Huguang area."
Zhang Yixian had no choice but to turn around and leave.
He didn't have the courage to say that Qin Liangyu should be dismissed. Even if Qin Liangyu was really dismissed, the 120,000 Sichuan soldiers under her command would not agree.
After Zhang Yixian left, Qin Liangyu ordered the generals of all units to gather and go to their tents.
"Li Chuang is leading 80,000 troops south to attack Fengyang. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked me to go to the rescue. What do you think?"
The generals looked at each other, and Zeng Ying spoke first: "Governor Qin, I think we should focus on the issue of food and grass before sending troops."
In Zeng Ying's opinion, Zhu Cilang must be rescued, after all, he is the crown prince.
The others nodded in agreement.
"Indeed," Qin Liangyu couldn't help but look at Zeng Ying for a second time, "Our army left Sichuan and entered Chu, and all the food and grass came from Shu. If we go on a long expedition, the long food route will be exposed to the enemy. Once the food route is cut off, our army will be in chaos without fighting."
Yang Zhan added cautiously, "I think we should also prevent the bandits from returning."
Qin Liangyu nodded again.
Although Zhang Xianzhong ran away, no one could guarantee that he would not come back.
If she transferred all her main forces away, once Zhang Xianzhong counterattacked Sichuan, there would be no troops available in central Sichuan.
After discussing for a long time, they finally decided on a plan.
Qin Liangyu stood up and said to the generals: "This time we are leaving Sichuan and entering Chu, one is to wipe out the bandits, and the other is to rush to Nanjing to protect the prince."
"This governor has decided to divide the troops into five groups."
"Please give the order, Governor General."
"Okay!" Qin Liangyu took a step forward, her head full of white hair was like a beam of light in the dark night, bright and outstanding.
"Qin Yiming led 30,000 troops, including the Xidong troops, back to Sichuan. Some of them were stationed in Yiling to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from returning, and some were stationed at the various throats into Sichuan. Another 5,000 troops were sent to northern Sichuan to wipe out the Yaohuang bandits."
The original leaders of the Yaohuang Bandits were Yaotiandong and Huanglong.
After their deaths, their subordinates were divided into thirteen groups, headed by Yuan Tao, so they were called the Thirteen Clans of Yaohuang (not the same as the Thirteen Clans of Kuidong, but some of the generals of Yaohuang defected to the Thirteen Clans of Kuidong).
The Thirteen Yellow Shaking Families are entrenched in Bazhong and Dazhou areas in northern Sichuan.
These people neither farmed nor worked, but instead made a living by robbing and looting.
Wherever they went, they robbed all the women and money and killed all the men and children.
As a result of their massacre, the counties and cities in northern Sichuan were littered with corpses and the land was barren for thousands of miles.
Historically, the reason these people resisted the Qing Dynasty was because of Hauge's policies.
Hauge's policy was to send troops to suppress the rebels if they did not surrender.
Will everything be alright if I surrender?
Sorry, in order to prevent future troubles, surrendering will result in death.
Under this policy where surrender meant death and not surrendering also meant death, the Thirteen Yellow Families were forced to resist the Qing.
"Aunt, how should we deal with the yellow-shaking thief?" Qin Yiming asked.
"kill!"
"What if they surrender?"
"First pretend to surrender, and then find a deserted place and execute them all." Qin Liangyu said fiercely.
Qin Yiming was a little worried: "Once the yellow-shaking thieves are frustrated, they will hide in the mountains. I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress them."
"This time, we will use the Xidong soldiers as the main force to suppress the bandits. They are good at fighting in the mountains and forests. In addition, we can use the name of Zhao'an to lure them out and then capture them all in one fell swoop."
"Nephew obeys your command." Qin Yiming bowed and stepped aside.
"Zeng Ying, I order you to lead 10,000 naval forces and 10,000 soldiers down the Yangtze River to help Nanjing. I will give you a military order, and you will use it to distribute food and fodder to all counties. Remember, defense is the priority, and you must not attack rashly."
"I obey your command." Zeng Ying was a little surprised by the military order.
"Yang Zhan led 10,000 naval forces to transport food and fodder from Sichuan to Jingzhou."
"As for the war in Huguang..." At this point, Qin Liangyu turned her gaze to one of the generals: Fan Yiheng.
Fan Yiheng was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli's reign. He first relied on his literary achievements to rise step by step from a county magistrate to the head of the Ministry of Personnel.
Later, relying on his military governance, he was promoted from military councilor to right vice minister of the Ministry of War, deputy censor-in-chief, and governor-general of Shaanxi.
He is a talented person who started from the grassroots and has both civil and military talents.
"Fan Yiheng, you will lead 30,000 troops north along the Han River to capture Chengtian Prefecture and Xiangyang."
"I will personally lead the central army to Jingzhou and transport food and grass for you!"
......
The capital, which was more than 2,000 miles away from Jingzhou, also received the news from Nanjing at this time.
"Your Majesty, Fengyang is in danger!" Li Banghua walked into the Palace of Heavenly Purity with a newspaper. "Li Chuang has led 80,000 bandits south to Fengyang. This is a secret letter from the Crown Prince."
After reading Zhu Cilang's deployment, Chongzhen frowned.
In terms of strength, Li Zicheng was inferior to the Ming army.
But... Li Zicheng is good at besieging a point and attacking reinforcements.
Mobilizing troops at this time would not only be detrimental to defense, but would also give Li Zicheng an opportunity.
"Lord Li, do you think there is anything wrong with the Crown Prince's deployment of troops?"
"Your Majesty, I think the Crown Prince should not mobilize troops at this time. Even if he does, he should send Gao Jie south to join other troops and complete the counter-encirclement of Li Chuang."
"Where is Gao Jie?"
"According to the latest news, Gao Jie has stationed troops in Huaibei!"
"Where's Xu Dingguo?"
"Xu Dingguo stationed troops in Xuzhou."
broken!
Chongzhen suddenly felt something was wrong.
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