These people knew in their hearts that it was a serious crime for the She family to send troops out of the Yongning area without orders, but they all tried their best to find compensation for the She family.
The reason is very simple. If the money is not clean, it will be unlucky to find out.
Rather than breaking things open, it is better to round them up, stabilize the She family and prevent any trouble, and everyone will be fine.
These two groups of people lobbied Xu Keqiu.
But Xu Keqiu is not a fool after all when he becomes the governor: "We have reached this point, why don't we stop it?"
"Stop it? Now quickly stabilize the She family and give him money, food and status. If nothing happens, why don't you stop it?"
"That's right. The best way to stop it now is to give the She family an order approving them."
"As long as you agree to their transfer to Chongqing, they will not be transferred without orders~"
"As long as the governor makes a transfer order, hello, hello, hello, everyone, I will have no problem waiting for my official position..."
Xu Keqiu suddenly found that he had no choice.
I don't know when, these officials took their status as the starting point and could do anything.
In fact, I am the same...
Isn't it just because the She family is under his rule that he always protects them and always makes concessions?
The fundamental reason is that he is afraid that something will happen to him while he is in office. As long as he stays there for two more years, he should be promoted to the rank of minister of the imperial court.
"Forget it, I will issue an order to mobilize the troops and horses from the She family to assist the Liao Dynasty to assemble in Chongqing. In order to be more serious, I will summon all the generals to Chongqing to review the troops and horses."
"The governor is wise!"
These officials were very happy, because as long as they delayed for one day, they would stay in their official positions for one more day, making money or making friends, but they would not lose anything~
Xu Keqiu was coerced by the bureaucracy, but found that he complied with everyone and everyone greeted him with a smile.
This governor’s position is very comfortable~
However, many officials are very disgusted with this.
Zhu Xieyuan, the political envoy to the left of Sichuan, and Hou Liangzhu, the deputy commander-in-chief, immediately reported to the court.
In particular, Hou Liangzhu had been in contact with Wang Hongyu before, and he knew that this man was by no means inferior to Zhou Dunji and Zhang Shenwu in terms of intelligence and bravery. His new army was stronger than Liu Wei's Sichuan Army, and was directly chasing the Qi Army that had been trained with various tactics, hell training, and iron-blooded discipline.
The veterans respected him, the court valued him, and the enemies feared him, so of course they had to tell Wang Hongyu everything.
As Zhu Xieyuan mobilized his men in central Sichuan to prepare for war, Hou Liangzhu gathered troops and horses while secretly reporting to Wang Hongyu that the battle in central Sichuan was imminent.
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Wang Hongyu's troops gathered in Zhenping and Daning County further south.
Routes to Kuizhou, Wushan and other places have been explored.
But it’s still a long way to Chongqing.
In Wushan, Fengjie, and Yunyang along the way, there were no officials or locals to assist us.
Especially in Fengjie, where Kuizhou Prefecture is located, the prefect's Yamen and the Qutang Guards may directly block the way and resolutely refuse to let them pass and report it.
Although Kuizhou is adjacent to Yunyang, because the road has never been smooth, Kuizhou Prefecture in Sichuan is not under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yunyang.
They don't have to listen to the orders of Yunyang Governor Cai Fuyi.
Although Wang Hongyu has the intention to recruit troops and train troops in the southwest, the officials of Kuizhou Prefecture have not interacted with each other, so they may not recognize him.
What's even worse is that they may not be able to provide supplies without receiving orders.
If supplies were not provided, they would have to buy and recruit from the people themselves. Without the cooperation of local officials or businessmen who were familiar with the local area, every step would be difficult.
If you start from Zhenping and go south, all the supplies are transported, then the marching speed will be slower and the logistics will consume more...
what to do?
Zhou Yijie and his nephews Zhou Zhi and Zhou Qiang, the eldest brother of Jianshe Juntun, thought of having some contacts among veterans here.
Kuizhou Prefecture is the gateway to the east of Sichuan. Many Sichuan soldiers came from here. Some of them lived in Zhujunping, Tanjiaping and Majiazhai in the mountains to the west.
I didn't know before that Shanzhong Zhenping is not under the jurisdiction of the prefecture and county, and there is no shortcut from Yunyang to here. If we want to get together, we should meet in Jiangling or Wushan.
Now I discovered that it is actually in the mountains to the west.
These veterans and their descendants can provide guides and persuade local villages and towns to provide some supplies.
Wang Hongyu thought about it and realized that this was indeed a key connection.
But they are only villages and towns, and they are villages and towns in the mountains.
The food reserves in these villages and towns, which are estimated to have less than 300 people, are not enough to feed the army.
Assuming that of the 3,000 field troops, in addition to those transporting grain, the remaining engineering troops, cooking troops, medical troops and some combat troops also stayed in Zhenping and repaired roads in Daning, then the Hunhe Army would also have more than 3,000 people.
There are only three villages along the way that can provide food. The three villages together have about 800 people, which can provide more than 3,000 elites with enough food and meat to replenish their physical strength. The pressure is not small at all.
The key is that it is still 500 miles from these villages to Chongqing.
The local supplies could not accommodate the stationing of troops and horses, so we fought with all our strength and continued the march.
It seems that he can only serve as a partial teacher.
"In this case, in addition to the 1,000 field troops transporting grain, another 1,000 will be left in Zhenping to repair roads and waterways in Daning, and the remaining 1,000 will follow the 2,000 Hunhe troops to wait for the grain convoy and head to Wushan."
This is the main force, and the main force can only wait for the supply team to leave.
The marching speed will change from 60 miles a day to 30 miles a day, and the time will be half as slow, and the consumption will double when it reaches Chongqing.
"There are also 1,000 elite Hunhe troops, led by Qin Minping and Zhou Yijie, who went into the mountains as surprise troops and rushed on their way quickly."
We have to divide our forces...
The originally planned annihilation battle would involve participating in defense at most.
"There is no need to divide the troops."
Zou Wenqi suddenly appeared and spoke abruptly.
"Uh-huh..." Wang Hongyu just noticed that she came to participate in the military discussion.
Zhang Mingshi, Qin Minping, Zhou Yijie, Qin Ling and others also noticed it. When Wang Hongyu expressed his consent to her presence, they did not speak.
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As expected, her point of view was raised at this time.
"Longchang Wangxue and I, who are from Nangao Academy, coincided with the general. When we thought of crossing the edge of Shennongjia and going straight into Kuizhou, Sichuan, we naturally considered the supply along the way~"
She was wearing a dark blue dress today and did not wear any silver headdress. The clothes were very convenient for marching, but her aura of agility remained the same.
Wang Hongyu asked: "Wushan and Fengjie are not connected, right? If we go to the villages and towns in the north, from my perspective, where can we get supplies?"
Spread out the map. From the current location of Daning County, we don't go south to the Yangtze River, but go west to a large area without counties.
There are a number of villages in the mountains and forests such as Zhujunping, Tanjiaping, and Majiazhai.
When you arrive at Majiazhai, where do you go?
"Hehe~ The only way to do it is to get here."
Zou Wenqi pointed to Kaixian County to the south of Majiazhai and Wanxian County to the southwest.
"The people from Longchang Wangxue and Nangao Academy have explored the road to Kaixian and Wanxian in advance. There are officials in those two places who are friends with my grandfather's sect and can provide food support without large-scale publicity."
"Good! As expected of the patriots of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Huguang, we will definitely win if we work together."
Wang Hongyu found a way to stay hidden and low-key while traveling faster.
Moreover, along this road there are veterans of the Sichuan Army and friends of Longchang Nangao, and troops can be recruited along the way to increase manpower.
Just like Wang Yangming back then, he raised a large army in half a month and completely defeated King Ning.
The Hunhe Army and the Construction Army Corps did not wait for the slow transport convoy behind them, and immediately marched to Zhujunping and Majiazhai in the west, with the goal of Kaixian County in the west.