Chapter 400 The general manager is going to close the door and beat the dog! 【1 more】
With a quick glance, Chu Yi glanced at Fang Li and Tang Bohu, thought for a moment and said: "Fang Li, I ordered you to stay in Nanjing, take charge of Nanjing's government affairs, and cooperate with Commander Wang Li to ensure the peace of Nanjing.
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Fang Li was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help showing a bit of surprise on his face. He chose to seek refuge with Chu Yi in the first place just to be able to embrace Chu Yi's lap.
Obviously he made the right choice. The graves of his classmates and friends are now three feet high, but he was favored by Chu Yi, and now he has been named a stay-at-home in Nanjing by Chu Yi.
Whether the position left behind in Nanjing is big or small depends on how much power Chu Yi allows him.
This means that Chu Yi handed over the military power to Wang Li, the commander. Otherwise, as long as Fang Li is willing, he, the Nanjing garrison, can control even the military power.
However, even if he could only control the government affairs of Nanjing City, this would be a huge step for Fang Li.
Nanjing is the southern capital of Ming Dynasty, no more than other places. As long as he can keep the city of Nanjing in order this time, this is his qualification. In the future, he may not be able to enter the cabinet or do anything when he returns to the court.
A cabinet minister.
For scholars, being able to enter the cabinet is already the pinnacle of life, and Fang Li's biggest dream is just that.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, Fang Li said respectfully to Chu Yi: "Don't worry, Chief Manager, my subordinates will definitely appease the people, develop people's livelihood, and keep Nanjing city in order!"
Glancing at Fang Li indifferently, Chu Yi nodded slowly and said, "I think you should have an idea of how to clean up the situation in Nanjing City. After the chaos, there will be great order. I hope you will not disappoint me."
While speaking, Chu Yi looked at Tang Bohu and said, "Tang Yin!"
Tang Bohu quickly stepped forward and said: "General Manager!"
Chu Yi looked at Tang Bohu and said: "Originally, I was planning to let you stay in Nanjing and work as a partner with Fang Li, but after thinking about it, I was planning to send you to Yangzhou to serve as the prefect of Yangzhou. Would you like that?
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Yangzhou has now been conquered by Wang Shouren. After being destroyed by the Xie family and more than a dozen wealthy gentry families, the city of Yangzhou is in a lot of ruins and is in need of an official to take charge.
In particular, Yangzhou City is an extremely important node on the Grand Canal. In addition, it is one of the largest cities in the south of the Yangtze River. It can be said that it is very important in the south of the Yangtze River.
So Chu Yi thought about it and finally thought of Tang Bohu.
Although Tang Bohu was not from Yangzhou, Tang Bohu was born in Suzhou and grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. Tang Bohu was very familiar with the land of the south of the Yangtze River.
As for Tang Bohu's talents, to be honest, from Chu Yi's point of view, maybe Tang Bohu was not the kind of great sage like general, prime minister, and assistant, but his life was rough, his vision and knowledge were not bad, plus the past two years
If Chu Yi couldn't even see how capable Tang Bohu was by his side, then he was too incapable of understanding people.
It would definitely be difficult for Tang Bohu to really let Tang Bohu take charge of a province, but a place like Yangzhou Prefecture is just within Tang Bohu's ability.
Tang Bohu had followed him for a while anyway, but it was hard to keep him as a scribe by his side. So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Yi arranged for Tang Bohu to stay in Yangzhou Mansion, which could be regarded as giving Tang Bohu a future.
, As for how far Tang Bohu can achieve in the future, it depends on Tang Bohu's own ability.
After Fang Li, Tang Bohu and the others were arranged, Chu Yi glanced at Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and other generals. When these generals saw Chu Yi looking at them, they all became energetic and puffed up their chests.
I could only hear Xu Tianzuo saying to Chu Yi: "General Manager, take us back to the capital. We will prepare for a bloody battle on the battlefield and let those Tatars know how powerful we are."
Chu Yi's eyes flashed with a strange look, he looked at Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and others, smiled slightly and said: "The army will be organized tomorrow and the army will set off!"
When the generals heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up and excitement appeared on their faces.
As soldiers, merit and rewards will naturally come from the battlefield. If there is no war, they will have no chance to make meritorious deeds. Naturally, they will not be able to get any rewards they want.
Everyone knows that this fight against the Tatars is definitely an opportunity to make a contribution. If you miss it, you may not have such a good opportunity in the future.
If someone like Wang Li was named by Chu Yi to stay in the south of the Yangtze River, it was not what Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and others wanted. Each of them could be said to be a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. They had no fear of the Tatar invasion. Instead, they were eager to fight.
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Compared with Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and other young sects who are in their prime, Wang Li is already over 40 years old and can be considered a veteran in the capital camp. Compared with Sun Qiu, Xu Tianzuo and the others are naturally a bit younger.
Impulse, it is precisely because of this that Chu Yi named him and stayed in the south of the Yangtze River.
There is a mighty army of more than 50,000 people, and hundreds of ships have been mobilized just to move the army.
These more than 50,000 troops can be said to be carefully selected elites. After all, in these days, additional reinforcements from surrounding provinces have also arrived in twos and threes. After Chu Yi's reorganization, plus all the
The captured rebels of King Ning can be said to have nearly 200,000 soldiers in the entire city of Nanjing.
Fifty thousand elites were selected from them, and then some of the soldiers and horses from various provinces were sent back by Chu Yi. At the same time, the old, weak, sick and disabled who were eliminated were simply given out by Chu Yi with as much as 3 million taels of grain silver and ordered to be disarmed and returned to their fields.
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After all, King Ning raised an army and plundered the young and strong people, causing the people around Nanchang to wither. It happened that Chu Yi took the opportunity to place these old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers around Nanchang, which was harmed by King Ning.
The confiscated acres amounted to over a million acres, and coupled with the confiscated gold and silver, Chu Yi easily completed the dismissal of nearly 100,000 soldiers.
After some reorganization, including prisoners of war and soldiers from surrounding provinces, the number of nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses was reduced by nearly half.
It seems that the strength has been greatly reduced, but after Chu Yi's streamlining, the real elites and young men were selected, and the strength of the reorganized army is far greater than before.
Among them, one hundred thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people were resettled around Nanchang. There was land and money to resettle them, but the resettlement of these soldiers who had been discharged and returned to the fields could not be easier.
As for the remaining troops, about 40,000 of them returned to their respective provinces, but one thing is certain, after these soldiers return, they will probably be sent to King Qin of the capital as soon as possible.
Of the 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses left behind, 10,000 were left to Wang Li to take charge of Nanjing City, while the remaining almost 50,000 soldiers and horses were boarded on large ships and headed down the Grand Canal, heading straight to the north.
At a glance, the large ships covering the sky-covering river really stretch for more than ten miles. It can be said that the entire river is filled with large ships.
On a huge flagship, generals Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu stood aside, facing the wind and watching the rolling river water flowing down the river. Their eyes involuntarily fell on Chu who was standing on the bow of the ship, wearing a big cloak and swinging slightly.
Yi, couldn't help but show awe in his eyes.
Chu Yi looked at the scene on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and said slowly: "How many days will it take to arrive in Tianjin?"
Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and others looked at each other, only to hear Xu Tianzuo step forward and say: "Reporting to the chief manager, if nothing happens, we can reach Tianjin City in two days at most. If we hurry up, we can reach Tianjin City at most.
It takes two days to reach the capital from Tianjin."
Chu Yi nodded slightly. At this moment, Sun Qiu had a look on his face that was hesitant to speak. It seemed that he had made some decision. Sun Qiu stepped forward and said to Chu Yi: "Supervisor, I have something to say.
, I don’t know whether to talk about it or not!”
Chu Yi turned around, looked at Sun Qiu with interest, smiled slightly and said: "Oh, I don't know what General Sun has to say, but just say it!"
Sun Qiu took a deep breath, looked at Chu Yi and said slowly: "Lord Governor, I thought that the Tatars had been besieging the capital for nearly ten days. Now the city of Beijing is as stable as Mount Tai. In fact, even if we rush back to the capital at this time,
It can’t change the current situation.”
The terrain around the capital is flat, which is most suitable for the Tatar cavalry to fight. Therefore, even if there is a stalemate with the Tatar army, the Ming Dynasty has no intention of leaving the city to fight the Tatars.
Everyone knows that on the vast and flat land, it is extremely difficult for infantry to deal with cavalry. The Tatars are almost a weak cavalry. If we really want to fight the Tatars in the wild, to be honest, no matter how confident we are,
None of the generals would make that choice.
As Sun Qiu said, if they return to the capital at this time, it will actually be difficult to change the current situation in the capital. It is nothing more than adding tens of thousands of troops to make the capital more stable.
As for annihilating the Tatar army, there is no hope.
Chu Yi smiled slightly, glanced at Sun Qiu and said, "Oh, in your opinion, don't we need to return to the capital to help?"
Sun Qiu couldn't help but frown. He didn't dare to say that he didn't go back to help the capital. It was a matter of attitude. As a minister, the capital was in trouble. If he didn't return to help, no matter what the reason was, it would be a crime.
Seeing Sun Qiu's reaction in his eyes, Chu Yi put his hands behind his back and said slowly: "Do you want to persuade this governor to run thousands of miles to attack the Tatar rear?"
Sun Qiu suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Yi with a surprised expression. Just as Chu Yi said, he really wanted to persuade Chu Yi to do this.
In fact, several generals, including Xu Tianzuo, had such thoughts in their minds. After all, they were also the new generation of generals in the army, and their military quality was not that bad.
They clearly see the current situation in the capital. Regardless of whether their troops return to the capital or not, they cannot actually affect the overall situation. Tens of thousands more troops and troops are not much more than they are, and they are not much less than they are.
Therefore, the biggest significance of returning to Beijing at this time is nothing more than to boost the morale in the capital.
But if, as Sun Qiu said, he traveled thousands of miles to attack the Tatar rear, it would be a feat that sealed the wolf's status. Once successful, his name would surely go down in history and remain famous throughout the ages.
Chu Yi glanced at the crowd and said slowly: "You can think of it, but the governor can't think of it, but you don't think about it. How can it be so easy to rush thousands of miles to attack the Tatars' lair on the grassland?"
Sun Qiu and Xu Tianzuo showed a bit of dissatisfaction on their faces, and Chu Yi said with a bit of a smile: "Have you considered the problem of food and grass? If you want to go deep into the prairie, even if you start from the capital, it will be a thousand miles away.
, tens of thousands of troops marched thousands of miles away. Thinking back to the time when Emperor Chengzu made five expeditions to Mobei, which one of them was not done with the strength of the whole country? If you really think about it one after another, I am afraid that before you enter the grassland, you will suffer because of the lack of
It collapsed due to lack of food.”
Running thousands of miles to attack the Tatar rear area would have been impossible if Chu Yi had not thought of it. It seems very wonderful. Once successful, it will definitely go down in history.
But Chu Yi knows one thing better, that is, the possibility of success of this move is almost slim.
Firstly, the Tatar army is now invading the Central Plains. The strength of the Ming Dynasty cannot support the tens of thousands of troops marching north. Secondly, the leader of the Tatars is not on the prairie now, but is confronting Yang Yiqing in Datong, the land of Xuanfu.
In other words, even if someone can lead the army to the prairie, it will not be able to disrupt the Tatar army by beheading him. After all, as the Tatar Khan, Dayan Khan and other Tatar high-ranking officials are all in the army.
I am afraid that when Dayan Khan receives the news that the grassland was attacked by Ming soldiers, he will not take it seriously.
When Chu Yi said this, Sun Qiu, Xu Tianzuo and several other generals showed a look of shame on their faces.
After all, they had secretly discussed it in private in the past few days on the big ship. This time Sun Qiu spoke, it might not be their common wish.
Obviously, because of their limited positions, Sun Qiu and Xu Tianzuo put themselves more in the position of generals, while Chu Yi is the leader of an army, and naturally has more issues to consider than them.
, you will naturally have a more comprehensive view than them.
Sun Qiu said with a disappointed look on his face: "What the chief manager said is true, but my subordinates failed to consider it!"
Chu Yi smiled slightly, raised his eyebrows and said: "Although we cannot rush thousands of miles to attack the Tatar rear, we can contain the Tatar army in another way."
For Chu Yi, Xu Tianzuo and others were convinced. Now when they heard what Chu Yi said, they all looked at Chu Yi with bright lights in their eyes.
Chu Yi said solemnly: "We will disembark from Tianjin, then make a detour into Shanxi, recapture the important town of Taiyuan, and give the Tatars a hard time!"
The generals were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then their faces showed excitement.
Compared with the thousands-mile attack strategy that they thought was difficult to implement, Chu Yi's current strategy of closing the door and beating the dog was more suitable for the current situation.
If the Tatar army penetrates deep into the Central Plains, it is taking a huge risk. Once the retreat is blocked, the entire army of 100,000 may be trapped in the Central Plains.
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