"No war, no peace, no statements of position, no active negotiation."
"Keep the status quo and only focus on personal relationships, and deal with them in a practical and powerful way."
"Ning Chongxuan is so lonely"
Standing in front of a huge wall painting, the contemporary Prime Minister sighed to himself.
"I just regret that I couldn't use this pure minister earlier"
¡°But it¡¯s too late to regret everything¡±
Most of the geographical map of mountains and rivers representing the situation in the north is filled with various dense marks representing the fall and loss of contact, and these marks are still increasing as time goes by; although they are particularly common in some places, but Neither of them can keep up with the speed at which other opponents have fallen and been cut off.
Especially Jiangdong, Jiangxi and Liangzhe Roads, which represent the wealthiest areas in the southeast, were simply corroded into tattered sieves by the big cloud thieves and their various swarming forces, marked by brown dots.
The situation on Jinghu North and South Road and Jiannan Sanchuan Road inland is also not optimistic. The positions representing the garrison and transportation routes of all parties have been painted with black representing serious deficiencies and dark gray with unknown conditions. In this case, although the signs representing the towns in Shan (South) East, Shan (South) West, Henan Duji Road, and Guan Nei Chengbei are still there, the news and information from a month or two ago are intermittent.
Starting from earlier, the transportation fleet from the south of the river could no longer safely cross the Xiangfan line, and continued to provide relatively limited supplies to the towns in the north, leaving only the last symbolic supply. .
But the most conspicuous among them is undoubtedly the Huainan to Huaibei and Henan roads located north of the Yangtze River on the southeast coast, and even spreads along the sea and land to Liaodong and Silla. A large area is additionally marked in dazzling dark red. , also represents the last glory and the strongest force of the imperial court in the North, and is also the greatest shame and failure today.
As for the several surrender forces marked out on the side, they can only be regarded as a facade and are almost better than nothing; in fact, even if they want to perform their duties to the country, they are completely beyond their reach and cannot truly Things to achieve.
Hearing the news that Huai Zhen had sent a large number of troops to the north to cross the Yellow River, he simply didn't know what it was like and how he felt. He was slightly relieved that the situation did not collapse immediately, but he also felt that the bandits were becoming more self-respecting and getting bigger. Worry and worry.
The only thing he can hope for now is that the army to fight against the rebels in Tiannan will return as scheduled. Under the name of the Twelve Guards Army and the armies in front of the palace, the newly recruited troops are also being intensively trained and equipped. , just waiting for the right general to lead and control;
From another perspective, since the situation in the ridge has deteriorated to this point, it doesn't matter even if the towns in the North are re-abolition, but as long as a few Northern Expedition veterans and emerging generals headed by Wang Duanchen can escape safely. And if he returns to the court, even if he gives up and loses the remaining troops, it will be a blessing in the midst of misfortune; therefore, he has sent capable envoys with imperial orders to the north one after another many times.
As long as these senior generals who have experienced hundreds of battles are here, and cooperate with the returned rebel army from Tiannan as the backbone, supplemented by many new troops recruited and trained by the imperial court, we can naturally calm down the dissent and criticism at home and abroad. Slowly clean up and restore the corrupt situation of the various roads in the south of the Yangtze River in the mountains, and then use the power of the whole country to fight against the rebels and apostates in Huai Town, and have a good discussion about the right and wrong.
In view of the Huai Army's excellence and excellence in firearm warfare, he also decisively promoted a large number of low-level sergeants who were good at using firearms as the backbone and instructors of the newly formed army. For this reason, he even specially pardoned and relaxed some qualified soldiers. The old soldiers who had committed acts of rebellion against the party were just to allow the firearms division of the country to expand their scale and combat power as quickly as possible.
Moreover, in terms of the source of equipment, he has already taken advantage of the aftermath of the rebellion to clean up the repercussions of the rebellion against the aristocratic families who have controlled the country's military industry construction but are clinging to deficiencies and accumulating disadvantages. He has ruthlessly rectified and abolished most of their privileges and benefits, and then A large number of these workshops and personnel were directly nationalized, and the government directly sent dedicated and promising people to supervise and operate them. The treatment and rewards of the corresponding craftsmen and workers were also greatly increased to encourage them to strive for excellence and innovation.
Therefore, the most significant change is that the yield of firearms manufacturing sites and the purity of pharmaceuticals, as well as the scale of production, have been correspondingly improved to varying degrees.
But all these painstaking efforts and planning require enough time to promote and bear fruit; therefore, Ning Chongxuan, who is far away in Jiangning Mansion, is particularly important.
"People come to draw up edicts, commendations and rewards,"
"Let the imperial physicianThe department sent its best medical officers to go north with the best medicines for long-term care and treatment. . "
At the same time, in the left-behind department of Jiangning Mansion, which has undergone a major change.
"I would rather this thingnot be done by someone else"
Ning Chongxuan, the fifth-level manager with a sickly face, was also sighing at his wife.
"But who else can I go to now"
"The imperial court's situation in Lingnei is already exhausted and unsustainable. There must be no more opportunities and excuses to make matters worse in Huai Town."
"Therefore, I am responsible for coordinating the aftermath of all parties here"
"What we are actually doing is representing the imperial court, making secret payments to Huai Town and subduing others in disguise"
"As long as we can stabilize Luo in the short term, we will not take a step beyond Jiangbei."
¡°Even if we have to sacrifice and give up more of the powerful relationships within the ridge, and even some harsh private agreements, it can still be accepted and realized.¡±
"Then husband, you aren't you"
Mrs. Chen, who was holding the medicinal soup, could not help but change her face, but in the end she did not say those words.
"It is said that the imperial court intends to send someone to marry the Lord of Jin"
Ning Chongxuan smiled indifferently and turned to look at him.
"But I don't know if Madam, you are interested in accompanying Little Jinjun"
"We have been a husband and wife for a long time."
Mrs. Chen smiled sadly and put down the soup cup in her hand.
"We have already prepared the capital of sleep, but you want to drive me away"
"Although marrying you was not what I wanted at the beginning But after so many years of mutual support, I have been able to survive."
"Do you still doubt my intentions and determination when things come to a head"
"But I was wrong"
Manager Ning sighed heavily again and held the woman's hand that was no longer smooth and delicate
The western end of the Yanshan Mountains is where the Duxing of the Eighth Army of Taihang (today¡¯s Juyongguan Old Road) is located. A team meandering in a long and winding valley had just come to a brief moment of rest amid the blowing of a whistle.
I can see that the mountains on the left and right here are like walls and are lush and green, but from time to time there are streams and waterfalls hanging down, and then diagonally crossing and branching out into small rivers and trickles in the valley. Therefore, on this section of the road, there are seven or eight low wooden and stone bridges of different sizes.
In this desolate and lonely valley, there are still large and small rocks popping up among the grass and trees, scattered in various shapes along the uneven terrain. From time to time, the passing teams will startle. There are traces of birds and animals scurrying about in the bushes.
In the distance, the originally relatively open mountains seemed to suddenly drop in slope and then tighten up. Finally, between a towering mountain gorge, there were faint traces of a small cross-section of artificial buildings. .
And on a protruding stone platform,
"After passing the mountain pass ahead, you will find Shimen Pass."
A general wearing a pinglu military uniform looked at Zhang Xian, the commander of the Che Army and commander of special forces, who was looking through a mirror, and explained in a somewhat humble manner.
"It means we have left the Jundu Trail and officially entered the territory of Ruzhou behind the mountains (between Yanqing District and Huailai County, Beijing City)."
"However, this Confucian state is small and the people are poor, and the land is limited There are only three to four thousand households in two counties under its rule"
"We really can't afford to support too many troops. The Qingyi military city where the government is located has also been abandoned for a long time."
"The only key point is this Shimen Pass. In normal times, more than a thousand people are stationed to prepare for bandits."
"Half are local soldiers, and half are Weise (township defense) troops from neighboring Guizhou."
"But now, there are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people left to use the cards to collect taxes in the past."
"The villain is willing to be the vanguard of the general. If we seize this place, we will open the way for the army."
After a while, a small unit wearing Pinglu military uniforms and bearing the banner of the Ansai Army slowly began to march towards Shimen Pass. Then, after a brief fight and shouting, the formation commanded by Zhang Xian It has already appeared in Shimen Pass;
However, the leading Qingqi, who then rushed non-stop along the newly open terrain to the Qingyi military city more than 20 miles away, hurriedly brought him back a piece of news and discovery that he had to pay attention to.
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