Nanming Engineer

Chapter 324 Wu Sangui’s response
Speaking of business, everyone in the hall looked serious. Meng Qiaofang took a map from the case, hung it in the hall, pointed to Hahamu and Wu Sangui, and told them about the recent situation in Shaanxi, one by one. Come.

Hahamu and Wu Sangui swept away the slack expressions just now, concentrated their attention, listened very carefully, and whispered a few words to each other from time to time.

After talking for about a cup of tea, Meng Qiaofang came to an end, and finally stood in front of the map and said to the two reinforcements: "The general situation is like this. The state capital under the control of the Qing Dynasty now only has more than [-] people around southern Shaanxi." This place and other places have either fallen into the hands of the king's thieves, or the local officials have been driven away by the violent civil riots, falling into chaos and out of the government's control. In a word, there are wars and thieves everywhere!"

Huang Erxing sat at the far end, and added: "The folk customs in Shaanxi are tough, and there are endless people who are arrogant and arrogant. The governor and I have thought about many ways, and even the implementation of the hair-shaving order took a lot of time. It can be seen that the people of Shaanxi If you are so stubborn, the two adults should be cautious when going to Shaanxi to suppress the rebellion."

Hahamu is arrogant and looks down on the Han people. Hearing what Huang Erxing said, he felt displeased, and snorted, "Even though the Nanmans are fierce, they are nothing more than the courage of a man. Wherever our Eight Banners soldiers go, there is no one who dares to fight." Warrior, the two lords have grown others' ambitions and destroyed their own prestige, could it be that they were frightened by the king's thief?"

Meng Qiaofang almost spat out a mouthful of blood, and Huang Erxing's face was also flushed. The two of them have worked so hard in Shaanxi for so many years, running here and there, devoting themselves to death, so they got a cowardly comment?

However, Hahamu has a high position and authority, and is a high-ranking official with the title of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Where did the two dare to say anything, they only dared to be angry and dared not speak, and bowed their heads in obedience.

"Master Ha, in fact, Master Meng and Master Huang didn't mean that, but they were afraid that you and I had just arrived in Shaanxi, and the geography and geography were unfamiliar and difficult, so we only said this, and there was no other intention." Just when he was embarrassed, but Hearing Wu Sangui speak, he was soft-spoken, gentle and approachable, without the airs of a prince at all, and said to the three of them: "There are so many unruly people in Shaanxi, this has happened since ancient times, it is not the responsibility of Master Meng and Master Huang. The Qin army was able to rule the world with few defeats. It can be seen that the Qin people favored martial arts. Although we are strong and strong, we are guest troops after all. In many cases, we have to have two adults, Naimeng and Huang, to help us."

As he said that, Wu Sangui stood up and bowed to Meng and Huang. Meng Qiaofang and Huang Erxing hurriedly stood up and returned the salute to him, thinking at the same time: Wu Sangui really deserves to be a prince. This insightful mind and open-mindedness His mind is very comparable to others, Hahamu is far worse than him.

After thinking about it, Hahamu felt that what Wu Sangui said was right. Although there were many rebels in Henan and the area was vast, they were not as good as in Shaanxi where there were organized generals leading the way. The heads of a few rebel army leaders, the whole province is flat, and the remaining soldiers and crabs will not be enough to cause trouble, but in Shaanxi, this method may not work.

So he touched his chin and said, "King Pingxi is right. My lords, from now on we will all be grasshoppers on the same rope. We should work together to pacify Shaanxi!"

Meng and Huang immediately said in unison: "Your Majesty will follow the example!"

Hahamu is not at all embarrassed. Anyway, except for a few old people in Liaodong, the rest of the Han officials are Manchu slaves.Not that used to it!

He nodded and said to Wu Sangui: "I have heard about the situation, that's all. Does King Pingxi have any strategies?"

Wu Sangui pondered for a moment, frowned and looked at the map for a long time, then raised his head and said to Haha Mu: "My lord, the general feels that this bandit army like Wang Yongqiang is not a problem, just send a general and lead a strong army." Flat."

"Oh?" Haha's wooden brows lit up, he sat up straight with great interest, and shouted: "Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing, what King Pingxi said is the same as what I thought, come, come, please explain in detail, my lord." Say, what is the flat method? Is it directly crushed and pushed over?"

Wu Sangui shook his head and said: "No, my lord, look, there are many deserts and sandy lands in northern Shaanxi. There is a long drought and no rain. The agricultural harvest is poor, and there must be insufficient food. His weakness lies in how long the food in these state and county government treasuries can support his army? One month? Two months? Or half a year? The bigger his team is, the more food will be in short supply, and the people in northern Shaanxi are hungry and poor. The surplus food is for him to raise soldiers, what will he do if there is no food?"

The three people in the seat were brought in by his words, and they unconsciously began to think. Meng Qiaofang was the first to react, and exclaimed in surprise: "He wants to attack the big city?!"

Wu Sangui nodded and said: "Yes, he will definitely find a way to attack a larger city. The bigger the city, the more food and grass in the city. It is impossible for Shaanxi to be connected to Mongolia in the north, Luliang Mountain in the east, and Liupan Mountain in the west. The natural danger of transporting a large amount of food, except to go south to attack Xi'an, the king's thief has no other way, otherwise, he can only starve and starve, and when the starvation reaches a certain point, his army will disintegrate without us attacking."

Meng Qiaofang nodded thoughtfully; Huang Erxing blinked, savoring the meaning of the words; and Hahamu stared and cried.

"King Pingxi, just tell us how we should do it." He looked at the map again and again, but he didn't understand what Wu Sangui said: "We fight directly, not as much as you Han people Tricks, I'm getting dizzy thinking about it!"

"Don't be impatient, my lord, please listen to me." Wu Sangui said softly: "Since the thief Wang will definitely come to attack the big city of Xi'an in the near future, we only need to figure out which way he will come from, choose a suitable place, and wait for work at ease. , hit him by surprise and wipe out his elite, then the chaos in northern Shaanxi can be put down with little effort."

"Wonderful! Your lord really has a great move!" Meng Qiaofang and Huang Erxing stood up at the same time, and shouted loudly: "If you think about it, if you don't have a heart, if you use a strong army to fight against the tired army, there will be no disadvantages! What's more, this kind of waiting , can let the king thief gather the scattered army of thieves himself, let us surround and wipe them out, saving the trouble of searching everywhere, this move of the prince can kill two birds with one stone, it is a clever plan!"

Wu Sangui smiled slightly, and sat upright on the chair, with the aura of a well-known general with a well-thought-out plan floating on his face, with an aura of strategizing and winning thousands of miles.

He waited until Meng Qiaofang had finished speaking, and then calmly said: "And we set up an ambush near Xi'an, so we don't need to lead the troops away, and we can also guard against whether the Ming army in Hanzhong will take the opportunity to leave the Qinling Mountains."

"Hahaha, that's not a big deal." Hahamu finally seized the opportunity to speak. Just now, Wu Sangui's words were complicated, and he had no chance to express his opinion. Now that he heard that there was a possibility of the Ming army coming out of the Qinling Mountains for a surprise attack, he immediately became as strong as a cow. Expressed his position: "I'm afraid that he won't come. If Minggou dares to come, he must be killed! I heard that there is a boy named Wang Huan in Mingting Town Hanzhong. Haoge, the leader of the two yellow banners, was defeated by him. Now, this time I came to Shaanxi, I have one purpose to suppress the rebellion, and another purpose, I was going to meet Wang Huan!"

(End of this chapter)