Chapter 42 The Too Quiet Zhu Xiaosong
Chen Tailai never understood why the dignified Yingwu Palace scholar Agui, Heshen and Zhongtang, who were known as the second emperors in the world, and the deaf old dog who liked to inspect river projects on the little lady, why these three bastards
Do you dare to think of yourself as a fool?
Bullying me, Chen, for not having read Water Margin?
Well now, although Agui's personal soldiers are not worth much money, Keshan, the Manchurian vest general, has also been chopped into pieces by me. Are you Tatars satisfied?
Chen Tailai, who felt that he was being treated as a fool, was furious. He first angrily ordered the heads of Keshan and Agui to be hung on the flagpole to dry, and then he summoned all his staff.
Chen Tailai touched the back of his bald head and said: "The governor has ordered people to hang the Tatar envoy's head on the flag pole. Now I would like to ask some gentlemen to analyze it. What should we do next?"
Several staff members looked at each other, and then looked at Chen Tailai as if they were a fool.
Is it possible to fake a surrender? Is it possible to delay time? You just chop people into pieces without saying a word. Doesn’t this force the Tatars to fight you to the end?
After a long while, an aide said: "Since Dong Weng has already killed the Tatars, let's just get it done."
Chen Tailai asked: "Isn't what I have done enough?"
The staff member said: "It's enough, but it's not enough."
"Killing the Tatar envoys only strengthened the determination of Dong Weng's soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but it was not enough."
"In the opinion of the students, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity and send people to raid the homes of all the Manchu men in Jining and kill them. Firstly, it can increase the army's salary, and secondly, it can also let the soldiers know that there is no way to retreat from behind."
Chen Tailai lowered his head to consider for a while, then shouted fiercely: "Come here! Send an order from this governor to have all the Manchu men in Jining confiscated and beheaded!"
Immediately afterwards, Chen Tailai turned his attention to the staff: "Do you gentlemen have any other strategies?"
Another staff member bowed his hand to Chen Tailai and said: "The student thinks that Dong Weng should send someone to contact Zhu Ni in Yizhou and the Bagua sect in Shan County."
"As the saying goes, it's hard to support a tree alone. If Dongweng is alone, even if he can cut off the Tatars' canal transportation, the impact on the Tatars will be minimal. If the Tatars are forced to go all out to suppress Dongweng, how long can Dongweng hold on?"
"If Zhu Ni and the Bagua Sect help, they can contain some of the Tatars for Dong Weng, and the pressure on our Jining side will be much less. I wonder what Dong Weng thinks?"
Chen Tailai hummed at first, and then said with great pain: "Before... Before, if I hadn't led troops to suppress Zhu Ni, would that person surnamed Zhu agree to form an alliance with us?"
It's not like Chen Tailai didn't think of contacting Zhu Xiaosong and the Bagua Sect before. It's just that the Bagua Sect was more talkative, but Zhu Xiaosong had a deadly feud. Now he suddenly sent someone to tell Zhu Xiaosong that they would join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty. His surname was
Can Zhu be willing?
Besides, I have occupied Jining, and the person named Zhu has occupied Yizhou, but there is Yanzhou between Yizhou and Jining. Even if the person named Zhu is willing to form a group with me, after all, there is Yanzhou in the middle, so
Is it possible?
But after listening to Chen Tailai's worries, the aide gently waved his fan and said, "Why don't Dong Weng join forces with Zhu Ni and the two families can completely separate Yanzhou?"
"The person surnamed Zhu can organize the peasant association, isn't Dong Weng also organizing the peasant association? In addition to the peasant association, the person surnamed Zhu is not as good as Dong Weng in terms of location and people, so he may not be able to take him under his command.
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After pondering for a long time, Chen Tailai finally made up his mind.
Done!
Whether the person named Zhu is willing or not, he has raised the damn flag of rebellion anyway. It would be best if he could win over the person named Zhu, but even if he can't win over, there is no loss.
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Compared with the vigorous Bagua Sect and Chen Tailai, Zhu Xiaosong, who has completely occupied the entire Yimeng, seems too quiet and has no intention of actively expanding to the surrounding area.
Of course, this quietness is only relative to the Bagua Sect and Chen Tailai.
Compared with raising an anti-Tatar flag, Zhu Xiaosong now pays more attention to Meng Lianggu's foundation.
What is foundation?
Page 421 of Volume 2 of Dragon Slaying Art has made it very clear. When the rebels come, they return to the rebels, and when the rebels leave, they return to the rebels. Such an area cannot be regarded as a base area, but can only be regarded as a guerrilla zone. Only those who have destroyed the Jiannu
Rule and develop the military power and political power belonging to Meng Lianggu, so that it can be regarded as a base area.
If we put it more straightforwardly, it means that a complete base area must realize its own hematopoietic function, including the training and replenishment of soldiers and talents, and the manufacturing and supply of logistics and equipment.
Li Zicheng, for example, had a typical bandit style and had no foundation of his own at all.
Zhu Xiaosong's long-held idea was to turn the entire Yizhou into a base area.
Compared with Yanzhou or other places, Yizhou has unique advantages.
First of all, the people are poor enough. The existence of a large number of poor people is the fundamental support for all changes.
Secondly, there are many mountains. It is difficult for Jiannu's cavalry and artillery to deploy, and there is enough strategic space.
Again, it is dangerous enough. Whether it is Hulu Cliff or Baizhang Cliff, you can rely on its steep terrain to develop arsenals.
Only with the existence of these three points can we talk about the word "base area". Otherwise, it is easy to become a gangster like Gouchengzi. Even if he can sweep the world for a while, he will not have enough stamina and will easily perform his tricks.
It is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden.
This is also a mistake that other time-travelers easily make - almost all time-travelers think that they can conquer the world by training their troops and developing technology. In fact, this kind of thinking is basically no different from the thinking of rogue bandits.
I can only say that God bless me.
Of course, the situation faced by every time traveler is different, so we must also pay attention to the other four words.
Adapt measures to local conditions.
Take Zhu Xiaosong as an example.
Do you really think that by occupying Yizhou, you can set up a base area?
the answer is negative.
Because the Tatar court cannot sit back and watch him cause trouble in Yizhou. It is inevitable for the army to advance and suppress it. It would be nonsense not to enter and suppress it.
The reason why Zhang Jia Agui sat back and watched Zhu Xiaosong's troubles in Yizhou was entirely because Chen Tailai cut off the Tatar court's water transportation in Jining.
Choosing the lesser of two evils, Agui must now go all out to destroy Chen Tailai in order to restore water transportation as soon as possible.
Therefore, after receiving a letter from Chen Tailai inviting him to join Yanzhou, Zhu Xiaosong immediately gathered together all the big and small leaders in Meng Lianggu.
After coughing, Zhu Xiaosong took the lead and said: "The governor of Jining River, Chen Tailai, invited us to send troops to Yanzhou. The two families will be divided into Yanzhou. Whoever captures the territory belongs to the other. What do you think?"
Zhu Erdan frowned and said, "Chen Tailai? Brother, do you think this guy can be trusted?"
Liu Huaiwen also said: "Master, before Chen Tailai came, he followed Mingxing to suppress us. Now he suddenly raised the flag of rebellion and wanted to share Yanzhou with us. Isn't there some fraud?"
Zhu Xiaosong shook his head and said: "Before Chen Tailai followed Mingxing to encircle and suppress us several times but failed one after another. If he doesn't resist, Mingxing will probably be dragged out as a scapegoat, so the possibility of fraud is not high."
"But to say it can be trusted is completely nonsense."
"To put it harshly, is Chen Tailai the same as us?"
When Ke Zhiming saw Zhu Xiaosong suddenly looking at him, he shook his head and replied: "Returning to the young master, then Chen Tailai and our Meng Lianggu are not from the same group."
"Although Chen Tailai also organized a peasant association in Jining, the peasant association organized by Chen Tailai only built a bridge between the common people and the evil gentry. The gentry still collected the rent they deserved, and the common people remained poor as they deserved.
It’s completely different from the farmers’ association we have.”
"The reason why Chen Tailai invited us to go to Yanzhou together is probably because the Tatar imperial envoy Zhangjia Agui has led the firearms battalion to Jinan."
Zhu Xiaosong nodded, and then turned his attention to the other leaders: "You heard it? Whether Chen Tailai can be trusted or not is not actually important. What is important is that the Tatar imperial envoy has arrived with the firearms battalion.
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"If Chen Tailai is killed by the Tatar imperial envoy, then the next target of the Tatar imperial envoy will definitely be us."
Zhu Erdan asked: "What does eldest brother mean? Should we agree to Chen Tailai?"
Zhu Xiaosong hummed and said: "I agree, but I have to study it carefully as to how to divide it."
Having said this, Zhu Xiaosong simply got up from his chair, walked to the map hanging in the room, stretched out his hand and gestured on the map: "Based on where we are and where Chen Tailai is, the best way to divide it is
Take Wutaiji to Xujiaying as the boundary, Chen Tailai takes the north, and we take the south."
"It's just that in this way, Chen Tailai will stand in front of the Tatars for us. This kind of thing will benefit us at the expense of Governor Chen himself. I think Chen Tailai will not do it."
"So, the best way is to use Sishui County as the boundary, let's take the east and let Chen Tailai take the west."
"At the same time, we will not only separate Yanzhou from him, but also enter Tai'an Prefecture."
"If Chen Tailai is willing, we will take the land east of Feicheng and let Chen Tailai take the west of Feicheng."
Zhu Erdan frowned and said: "In this case, wouldn't it mean that we stand in front of Chen Tailai? Once the Tatars invade, we will have to bear the brunt, but Chen Tailai can hide behind us and watch the show."
Liu Huaiwen also said: "First Master, should you think about this matter again? What the Second Master said just now is right, why should we block the knife for him, Chen Tailai?"
Zhu Xiaosong laughed loudly and said: "Look at the map carefully, and then think about the differences between base areas and guerrilla zones I told you before."
Zhu Erdan hummed, frowned and looked at the map for a long time, and asked: "Brother, what do you mean, we occupy Mount Tai and at the same time, we can control the Jining River?"
Zhu Xiaosong smiled and said: "It's not bad, there is some progress."
"I told you before that if you want to establish a stable base, the first condition is to have a tenable place."
"Before, we were not strong enough and could only drool while looking at Mount Tai. Now that we have that strength, why not hold Mount Tai in our own hands?"
"As for Chen Tailai blocking the Tatars, looking at it from another angle, Chen Tailai didn't block the Tatars behind us?"
"Don't forget, Fukangan is still in Caozhou Prefecture to suppress the Bagua Sect. Once the Bagua Sect is destroyed, Fukangan's next target will definitely be one of us or Chen Tailai. With Chen Tailai blocking Fukangan for us, it's not a big deal.
It’s a good thing.”
Having said this, Zhu Xiaosong sat back on the chair and said with a smile: "Of course, the most important point is not who is blocking the Tatars for whom, but the existence of Chen Tailai, which is very important for overthrowing the Tatars.
important."
Zhu Erdan said: "Is it because he has restricted the Tatar water transport?"
Chapter completed!