Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 746: General Conquering the South Conquers Sichuan (Part )
Yazhou is named after the Ya'an Mountain (today's Cangping Mountain in the west of Ya'an City) within the territory. Today, this mountain is surrounded by dense military tents. In the largest military tent on the top of the mountain, there were Xi Rimo, the general of the Southern Conquest of the Kingdom of David, Narisong, the deputy general of the Southern Conquest, Asumu, the governor of Sichuan, Ren Xun, the governor of Guizhou, Fang Yuxuan, the governor of Yunnan, and Jiancun Jiang, the general of Sichuan. Qu, Uszang Commander-in-Chief Batu Mengke, Kangrong Commander-in-Chief Lalm, Tianquan Sixth Recruitment Envoy Gao Jitai, Sichuan Chief Envoy Fu Yuanxiu, Sichuan Inspector Mamut, Sichuan Army Joiner Pan Lin and other senior officials All in one place.

"Everyone, the Great Khan's military order has arrived, ordering us to set off from Yazhou and capture Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou," Xi Rimo said with a smile, stroking his long beard. As a veteran from the era of Lotus Great Khan's father, Nomudale, he was awarded the first-class title of Marquis of Turpan for his repeated military exploits. He was only one step away from the title of Duke. This time, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, with the intention of further achieving military exploits. , further thoughts, the passionate feelings can't be concealed and burst out.

"We are willing to obey the general's orders." Everyone's voice was equally urgent. After all, David established the country with military exploits. How many people could not be tempted in the face of the generous military rewards?
"Yes." Xi Rimo nodded with satisfaction and looked gently at the two civil officials: Sichuan Governor Asumu and Chief Envoy Fu Yuanxiu. "When the army fights, can the military rations be guaranteed?"

Asumu is quite talented in economics. As soon as he took office, he went to Shulianhua Great Khan to request immigrants and restored a treaty port at Linguan, which not only helped the army but also the people. Fu Yuanxiu was highly respected in Western Sichuan and had repeatedly contacted various forces to resist the Great Western Army. After attacking and surrendering to David, he recruited refugees, reclaimed wasteland, built water conservancy granaries, clarified population and taxation, and effectively restored production in western Sichuan. These two men also supervised the army and the people's farming, revitalizing Western Sichuan, which had suffered successive military disasters.

"Don't worry, General. In the past few years, the money allocated by the imperial court to us to run Sichuan has been used wisely. The 20,000 people who migrated to Sichuan from various places have built houses and allocated fertile land. A large number of people have returned to their hometowns from the mountains to farm. The population in western Sichuan has increased, and the grain production in Lizhou, Yazhou, Tianquan Liufan and other places has increased significantly. In the past two years, the government's grain stocks, plus the grain allocated by the court from various places, are enough to feed a hundred thousand troops for a year and a half." Asumu Talk freely.

"General, we have also dredged the Qingyi River and built a large number of grain transport ships, which can transport grain and grass through the waterways from Yazhou to Hongya, Jiajiang, Emei, and Jiading prefectures," Fu Yuanxiu also said.

"Well", Xi Rimo became more and more satisfied. After thinking about it, he asked again: "What about the civil servants? There are few people in Sichuan, so where can we recruit civil servants?"

Asumu said slowly: "In the past few years, Mamut Tixing and Pan Shenjun have formed a large number of regiments to serve the people during farming and soldiers during war. These regiments can be used as civil servants to transport grain and grass." Mamut was the son of Bobei, the Minister of Rites, and actively promoted the "Law of David" in Sichuan, which was quite effective; Pan Lin was a demoted general. After being demoted to the guard, he organized and trained regiments and was very dedicated.

Hearing what he said, Xiri Mo laughed loudly and praised everyone: "The Great Khan has already made it clear that 'we must harvest more grain! Grain production is the top priority in restoring Sichuan'. You all have lived up to your sacred heart!" If the battle is successful, I will definitely ask for credit for you in front of the Great Khan!"

"This is all our own business, and I dare not take credit for it." The four people hurriedly said modestly.

Seeing that several officials from Sichuan were appreciated by the general, the governor of Guizhou, Ren Zun, and the governor of Yunnan, Fang Yuxuan, looked at each other, which meant that the two of us had to make some contributions. Both of them were confidants of Sun Kewang, King of Qin. One was Sun Kewang's Minister of Rites, and the other was an editor of the Hanlin Academy. They surrendered to the Kingdom of Wei when ordered by Sun Kewang to ask for help, and were named governor of Guizhou and governor of Yunnan respectively. The two were also willing to contribute to the Great Khan of Lianhua, and volunteered to go to Sichuan to recruit Sun Kewang's old troops. They successively recruited and surrendered Sun Kewang's Minister of Libu Fan Kuang, Minister of Hubu Ma Zhaoxi, and Minister of War Bu Wanniance. Of course, the main reason why they were willing to go to Sichuan was because their jurisdiction was in Guizhou and Yunnan, which are close to Sichuan. It is the duty of the feudal officials to guard the feudal territory. Although the two of them had no bottom line in trying to flatter Sun Kewang and seek to usurp the throne, they still had the courage to take risks and become officials.

"General, the Qing army originally had more than 200,000 troops in Yunnan and Guizhou. After the Yongli Southern Hunt, many Ming troops surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing army has more troops. Our army only has 100,000 troops. If we attack Sichuan, it will not be easy to succeed." Ren Zun said in an old tone.

Xi Rimo's face was slightly stunned, "This is the order of the Great Khan, even if the soldiers are small, we must fight!" "The general misunderstood. I didn't say not to fight, but to fight skillfully. After Yongli went hunting in the south, he wandered in various places. There are still many Ming troops, why not recruit and surrender these Ming troops for our use, which can greatly strengthen our strength." Ren Zhen explained slowly and calmly, not panicking at all because of the anger on Xi Rimo's face. This old man had visited the Kingdom of David many times under the orders of Sun Kewang, and had also served as a matchmaker between Sun Kewang's son and the daughter of the Lotus Khan, so he had some friendship with the Lotus Khan.

"Why does Ren Fuyuan always like to say half of the words should be kept and the other half should be kept? Hahahaha!" Xi Rimo laughed and said: "Those Ming troops were mostly former generals of the Daxi Army. You were the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and you have Since they are familiar with each other, you can write a letter to recruit them."

"Yes", Ren Zan said respectfully.

"General, Di Sanpin, Feng Wanbao, and Zhang Mingzhi were the generals in Jianchang of the Qing Army; Zhu Yangen, Long Haiyang, and Wu Zongxiu were the generals in Jiading Prefecture; Du Zixiang, the generals in Xuzhou and Mahu, were all old members of the Great Western Army, and they are related to me. I am willing to personally go to Jianchang, Jiading Prefecture, Xuzhou and other places to persuade the generals to submit." Fang Yuxuan suddenly spoke. When he was around Sun Kewang, he often competed with Ren Zan for favor. At this time, seeing that Ren Zun had the upper hand in front of Xi Rimo, Fang Yuxuan was afraid that he would monopolize the credit, so he was willing to take risks and personally persuade the generals from various places to surrender.

This frightened Xi Rimo and he hurriedly tried to dissuade him, "Fang Fuyuan is an important official of the imperial court. He should not take risks. Just like Ren Fuyuan, just go and repair your books!"

"Yes", Fang Yuxuan should say yes.

"Everyone, we cannot place all our hopes of conquering Sichuan on the two Fuyuan's persuasion to surrender. Persuasion is persuasion, and fighting is fighting. The army will rest for three days, and after three days, the navy will march to Hongya County along Qingyi. This battle The goal is to capture Jiading Prefecture, Xuzhou, Luzhou, Yongningwei, and Bozhou, enter Guizhou, and then capture western Guangxi and eastern Yunnan. Cut off the connection between the Qing army in Yunnan and the Qing army in Guangxi and Sichuan," Xiri Mo shouted, his eyebrows widening. A strong murderous intention aroused.

Cut off the connection between the Qing army in Yunnan and the Qing army in Guangxi and Sichuan? Could it be that the general wanted to start a war of annihilation? The Qing army is much larger in number than ours. Is there any reason in the world for a side with fewer troops to surround and annihilate a side with more troops? The generals were suspicious, but the military orders were like a mountain, no one dared to say anything, and they all took the orders and left.

In fact, Xi Rimo did not want to fight a war of annihilation, but he had a secret order from the Great Khan of Lotus. The Great Khan ordered him to find ways to delay the main force of the Eight Banners heading south to return to Beijing for rescue, and to cut off the connection between the Yunnan Qing army and the Guangxi and Sichuan Qing armies. , just to delay the return of the main force of the Eight Banners to Beijing and create conditions for the Great Khan to conquer the north.

(End of this chapter)