Chapter 592: Whetstone
The four towns of Fuyuan rebelled, seducing the barbarians out of the mountain, the news came, Yuejing shook, and there was a panicked atmosphere in the city, for the memory of the barbarians, the people in Yuejing City, most of them stayed in the records in the books and the storyteller's inducement and frustration, in their mouths, these barbarians are some hairy blood-drinking, murderous and unblinking demons, and now these demons are out of the mountain, no one can not panic. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
But in the center of the Ming Dynasty, no one regarded the barbarians going down the mountain as a big thing. It's just that Qin Feng was silent for a while after hearing that Shilin County ordered Xue Shouye to be alone and resolutely go to his death.
"Not a bad official, but it's a pity that it's too stupid." Huo Guang felt a little unworthy, and shook his head again and again.
"Although it is bookish, it also shows an important problem." Quan Yun didn't think so: "Your Majesty, I looked at the past years of evaluation of this Xue Shouye in the Ministry of Officials, I can't say that he is a clean official, but he is not a corrupt official, he can do things with what he should take, such an official, he can't say that he has any special merits, but when the barbarians came down the mountain to invade, he was able to stand resolutely in front of thousands of troops and horses, and resolutely went to die." From this point of view, this time Jiang Haokun's rebellion and collusion with the barbarians is a big failure, which will inevitably make all parts of the Ming Empire more cohesive and united, but it will save us a lot of effort to integrate the whole country more smoothly. ”
Qin Feng closed the information about Xue Shouye on the desk, and said to the official Shangshu Wang who was sitting on the other side: "Posthumously awarded Xue Shouye as a loyal and righteous candidate, a product, his wife is a product of the order, and his son Xue Chengqi is directly awarded to Hanlin." ”
Wang Hou nodded: "Your Majesty is wise." ”
No matter what Xue Shouye thought at that moment, he would never have thought that his sudden death would bring monstrous wealth to the Xue family.
Huo Guang was a little dumbfounded, he never thought that the first candidate of the Ming Dynasty, the first first product, would be awarded out like this, but think about it, Qianjin City Horse Bone, a person who has died, it doesn't matter how high the honor is given to him, and what his descendants enjoy will only let the latecomers see His Majesty's generosity to the brave who dare to go to the country.
"Your Majesty, although I am the secretary of the military department, but I am also a number, I really don't know much about military affairs, tens of thousands of barbarians go down the mountain, this is not a trivial matter, these barbarians have been nesting in the mountains for several lifetimes, presumably they have a bitter hatred, judging from the information obtained now, this Murong Hong is not a master who is easy to deal with, why does everyone seem to have no attention at all?" Huo Guang spread his hands and said.
Qin Feng and Quan Yun both laughed.
"Murong Hong, is indeed a difficult master to deal with, this person actually changed his name and surname when he was young, quietly went out of the mountains to study for ten years, after returning to the mountains, it took ten years to master the power of the Murong Ministry, and when he was ten years old, he integrated all the tribes in the deep mountains, he abolished the tribal system, imitated the outside world, and established a centralized country, from this aspect, this person is indeed a generation of heroes!" Qin Feng Dao.
"It's said that it's a country, but it's actually just a larger tribe, thousands of mountains and mountains, between the tribes, it can be said that the mountains are running dead horses, Murong Hong has much control, it's hard to say, he can gather tens of thousands of horses, I'm afraid it's already his limit." Quan Yun said with a smile.
"It's not bad, it's enough to set off stormy waves." Huo Guang shook his head and said.
"One blow, then two declines, three and exhaustion." Qin Feng smiled and said: "The most important thing to defeat the barbarians is the first blow, the four towns of Fuyuan, from the day he appeared, have been mainly for military purposes, although later because of the gradual decline of the barbarian power, this purpose has been insignificant, but these four counties have never been able to become a place to raise troops." Tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers descended the mountain, for these four places, it is 40,000 more mouths, maybe it's more than that, how long can the four counties of Fuyuan last? ”
"Is the king sure that he will defeat them with one blow?" Huo Guang asked.
"Why do you want to be crushed with one blow?" Qin Feng asked Huo Guang with a smile: "The barbarians have been together for ten years, and they are going down the mountain at this moment, and their morale is booming, if I collide with them head-on and want to annihilate him in a short time, I am afraid that the price I pay is too great, and I don't want to pay this price." In my eyes, barbarians are nothing more than a minor disease of scabies. ”
Quan Yun thought so and nodded again and again.
Huo Guang was a little shocked, tens of thousands of barbarians, in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and Shoufu in front of him, were just trivial matters worth mentioning.
"If it's not a big deal, then what's a big deal?"
"Rich country and strong soldiers!" Quan Yun is concise and to the point.
"It turns out that the Yue country was originally the weakest among the four countries, but even then, the Yue country was able to pull out hundreds of thousands of troops, dig out the water, and there were at least 100,000 troops with considerable combat effectiveness, and we can sit here today, not because of how strong our Taiping army is, but because we have found the right time, when Vietnam is in trouble at home and abroad, we will fight big with a small fight, I have to say that there are many elements of luck here, of course, there are also elements of other three kingdoms." Qin Feng said: "Brother Huo, look at how many soldiers and horses we can pull out now, rocks, tigers, blue wolves, thunderbolts, miners, plus sharp gold, thick soil, giant trees, floods, counted, no more than 50,000 horses, although the combat effectiveness is considerable, but it is really stronger than the border army and tiger Ben of North Vietnam before, I can't see it." ”
"The current strength of my Ming Empire, if you have to make a comparison with North Vietnam, the minister thinks that it is similar to the North Vietnamese Tiger Army, with this army, there is more than enough defense, and there is not enough progress." Quan Yundao: "And Your Majesty's ambition is to drink the Central Plains and dominate the world, so our top priority is to enrich the country and strengthen the army." ”
"What about the barbarians? Now it's burning eyebrows, if we don't clean them up first, how can we enrich the country and strengthen the army? Huo Guang spread his hands and said.
"What a whetstone!" Qin Feng looked up at the roof for a long time, stood up, and opened the curtain on the wall with a bang, and a map that occupied the entire wall appeared in front of the three of them. This is the territory of the original North Vietnam, and it is also the territory of the current Ming Empire, but in some places, it has been outlined with red lines. It was Kaiping County, which fell into the hands of the Qin people, and the land of the five counties occupied by the Qi people.
"The four counties of Fuyuan, originally a military town built to contain the barbarians, the territory is small, except for Fuyuan, the other three counties are located in the mountainous area, itself is relatively poor, now the barbarians have tens of thousands of troops down the mountain, plus the tens of thousands of troops pulled up by Jiang Haokun, this open mouth is to eat, in a short time, of course, there is no problem, but after a long time, the land of these four counties can not be supported. Therefore, the barbarians mainly attacked the capital of Yue, but Jiang Haokun wanted to fight Zhengyang County, which was precisely because they knew the predicament they were in. Qin Feng pointed to the map and said: "If they take Zhengyang County, they can obtain a stable food base, and they can even attack Changyang County and Shayang County, threatening the fundamental land of our Ming Empire." ”
"I'm afraid that's a bit whimsical." Huo Guang said with a smile.
Qin Feng smiled slightly: "The people who planned all this for Jiang Haokun are afraid that they don't care about Jiang Haokun's victory or defeat, and if they win, they will be happy to lose, they just want to make trouble for us." But if Jiang Haokun is really allowed to succeed, for us, it will indeed be in trouble. Therefore, the purpose of our first phase of the battle is to block the barbarians back into the four towns of Fuyuan, and for Jiang Haokun, we will be ruthless and completely defeated. ”
Finger drew a circle on the map, "The four towns of Fuyuan are separated from the capital city by a Luo River, which is the noose around their necks, and the army is deployed by the Luo River, trapping them in the land of the four counties. As time goes by, they will eventually get into trouble, and at that time, we will fight if we want to, and we will defend if we want, and this is the purpose of our sharpening of our knives. All the armies will be pulled there to try their color. ”
"But in this way, the people of the four counties will inevitably suffer." Huo Guang sighed.
"Military affairs, where there is room for the kindness of women." Quan Yun said: "If we attack with all our might, it's not that we can't take down the barbarians, but if we really have to fight like that, our losses will be huge, and the tens of thousands of troops that have been gathered together will also be hit hard, and it is impossible to recover in a short time. ”
"That's the truth, Qi and Qin are all staring at how we deal with it with wide eyes, but I think they, no matter what, I can't imagine that I will leave the barbarians in these four counties, these four counties themselves are a place that needs to be subsidized for us, and abandoning them for the time being now is also a huge burden for us. As for the price you are talking about the people will pay, it will have to be compensated later. ”
Huo Guang was silent, he was still a pure warrior after all, Qin Feng and Quan Yun talked lightly, but if this strategy was finally implemented, I was afraid that the people of the four counties of Fuyuan would live in dire straits for a long time, the barbarians have never been a benevolent nation, in order to obtain the capital to confront the Ming Empire, they will inevitably squeeze and deprive everything there.
"The Baoqing battalion will be moved to Nanguo County, Zhongping County, to block the road for the barbarians to go west to Zhongping, Ruijin, blue wolf, thick soil, and rock will be the main force this time, facing the barbarians head-on, and the main thing is to defend steadily in the early stage. And the miners' battalion will go to Zhengyang County and cooperate with the Perak battalion to break Jiang Haokun's backbone and force him back to his lair. Qin Feng said with a smile: "I will also take the death battalion to Zhengyang County." ”
Quan Yun said with a smile: "I'm afraid Jiang Haokun couldn't have imagined that His Majesty would not deal with the barbarians, but swung the sharpest knife at him." (To be continued.) )