bookbashuk Chapter 736
Chapter 736
The moonlight is like water, pouring down from the sky like liquid, coating the earth with a layer of silver light.
The grass and trees on both sides of the official road are already flourishing. April may be the best season. The earth is full of vitality, and the life of the whole world is showing its own unique posture at this moment.
The wheels rolled forward, but the bumps did not make Zhou Yuan feel irritable. Instead, it made his mind clearer and continued to spread towards this land.
The situation in the entire southwest has formed a complete form in his mind, like an experienced doctor who has completely seen the disease and only needs to prescribe the right medicine.
He set out in February and arrived in Shuixi in March. Until now, he has been groping in this land of the southwest for dozens of days, and it is finally time to close the net.
In view of the situation in the southwest, his strategic plan has always been that he cannot be fast in the early stage and cannot be slow in the late stage. Just like a game, he must play steadily in the early stage, focus on development, and find out the opponent's playing style. In the late stage, he must bite the opponent to death like a hungry wolf, and cannot give the opponent any room to struggle or turn the tables.
So Zhou Yuan spent a lot of time and energy to explore the fundamental contradictions of this land, and unraveled the cocoon to find a way to cut off the foundation of the rebels.
And in the decisive stage, he will not hesitate.
"Five days, within five days, lay the foundation for the overall situation in the southwest."
"Fifteen days, within fifteen days, completely pacify the southwest."
In the late night of this Fushunzhou, he integrated all the current clues and information and made a judgment.
We can't slack off in the next few days, I'm afraid we will be busy for a while.
"General, we're here."
Xiang Yong's voice came from outside the car.
Zhou Yuan lifted the curtain and saw that the city in front of him was majestic and magnificent, like a giant dragon entrenched in the moonlight. The mottled walls are full of vicissitudes of time, and countless soldiers are standing on them, guarding this place all night long.
The world is so complex, and everyone has a position.
Resources are limited, so everyone has to make choices on the position.
Zhou Yuan said lightly: "Adu Tusi and Wumeng Tusi have withdrawn their troops. It seems that they have already joined An Fuman. Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest, they will launch a general attack."
Xiang Yong nodded and said: "Yes, in the afternoon, Lord Deng sent news that Yongning Xuanfu Division was lost, and Fang Qian's army occupied the county town. It is estimated that they will still move east tomorrow."
Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying: "Call Deng Su, Guan Lu, Ye Qingying, Xiong Kuohai and Wang Ang. Don't sleep tonight. It's time for the decisive battle, and we should complete the corresponding deployment."
"Yes."
Xiang Yong rode forward and entered the city first.
Zhou Yuan soon arrived at the government office and came to the main hall, where the lights were bright, strong tea was ready, and the kitchen even prepared some snacks in case anyone got hungry in the middle of the night.
Everyone had arrived, sitting upright, with serious faces.
They knew that tonight might decide the fate of the major forces in the southwest, and every action after that would be carried out based on tonight's decision.
"Marshal."
"Duke Weiguo."
Everyone stood up to greet him, and the titles became formal.
Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Sit down."
"I will host this small meeting and control the rhythm. The purpose is to analyze the current situation in the southwest, find the crux of the contradictions in the southwest crisis, and make plans and prepare to implement them, so as to lay the foundation for victory in the southwest."
He took a sip of tea, looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice, "Let me talk about the current situation first."
"First, the Tusi Adu and Tusi Wumeng have a total of 56,000 troops, occupying Wumeng Prefecture, Dongchuan Prefecture, Wusa Prefecture, and Mahu Prefecture. Now their troops are mainly concentrated in the eastern area of Wumeng Prefecture, bordering the western area of Xuzhou Prefecture."
"Second, the rebel group headed by An Fuman, the Xuanwei Division of Guizhou, controls almost the entire Guizhou region. The 60,000 troops set out from Guiyang, crossed the border from Bijiewei, and went to the northern part of Zhenxiong Prefecture."
" These two armies are our main opponents. They have withdrawn from Fushun Prefecture and are preparing to join forces to launch a final attack on Fushun Prefecture, attempting to capture Fushun Prefecture, plunder a large amount of property and food, cut off the connection between the north and south of Sichuan, and thus threaten Chengdu Prefecture. "
"From a military strategic perspective, if Fushun Prefecture is lost, the entire Xuzhou Prefecture will fall. If Xuzhou Prefecture is lost, the entire southern Sichuan will be completely lost."
"By then, more than 100,000 troops will march northward, and Chengdu Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Yuzhou Prefecture, and even Yazhou and Lizhou Xuanwei Office will not be able to hold on."
"This means that Sichuan will fall completely."
"If Sichuan falls, then Sichuan and Guizhou will join forces to threaten the entire southwest, at least Yunnan will not be able to hold on."
Zhou Yuan paused slightly, his eyes condensed, and said solemnly"The Jin Dynasty has gone through a brutal war, and the armies of the nine frontiers have all been severely damaged. The armies of Shandong and Jizhou are still recovering. The money for salt inspection is about to run out, and the treasury is tense again... If the southwest falls and forms separatist forces, the court will have no way to deal with it for at least a few years."
"And in the past few years, An Fuman and others have also gained a foothold. It will not be easy to fight back."
"And the fall of the southwest will also have a huge negative impact, including the court's complete loss of control over the U-Tsang Dusi, and it will become Tubo again."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, no one in the folks regards it as the U-Tsang Dusi, and they all call it Tubo. The court has almost no control over it, and only has a nominal Dusi system to maintain its only face.
The blockade of the southwest is at most to tear off this layer of face, so that the other party will no longer care and directly announce the restoration of the country.
Zhou Yuan continued: "Third, the army of Bozhou Xuanwei Division, led by Fang Qian, has occupied Yongning Xuanfu Division. It may move eastward tomorrow and threaten the east of Xuzhou Prefecture."
"Xuzhou Prefecture is already facing a three-sided attack. The three opponents have a total of 150,000 troops and are about to launch the most violent attack on Fushun Prefecture."
"This battle is related to the situation in the southwest, and even more to the country of Dajin, so we can't lose."
He knocked on the table lightly and said seriously: "This is the current situation. I have summarized it. Guan Lu, you tell me the solution based on the situation."
Everyone looked at Guan Lu. To be honest, their mood was a little complicated.
Guan Lu was not an official, let alone a position. His identity was just Zhou Yuan's counselor, helping Zhou Yuan deal with intelligence matters.
But now, he has become the second person to solve this crisis in the southwest, and his decision-making power is about to surpass Deng Su, the governor of Sichuan.
Such a situation can't help but make people imagine.
Guan Lu was not restrained at all. He rose from obscurity with Zhou Yuan. The two were master and servant, and comrades who had experienced life and death. They had worked together for many years and were no longer bound by other things.
He smiled and said softly: "Everyone, the situation in the southwest is extremely complicated, ethnic issues are deep-rooted, the relationship network between forces is intricate, and history has been separated from the Central Plains culture for a long time... Considering the unity of the nation and the long-term development of the future, I and the adults have been thinking for many days, so we have formulated a solution plan of "cutting off the head and tail, killing the head to save the body."
"In general, it is to destroy the upper forces of the major chieftains, wipe out their rebellious hearts, appease the ordinary people and the middle and lower forces of the major chieftains, and guide their hearts to surrender."
"With the rise of the middle and lower forces, stabilize the basic order of the southwest, complete the temporary guidance of the people, and cooperate with the court to implement the reform of the chieftains and the laying of new laws."
"Complete the thorough transformation of the southwest in a relatively short period of time."
Everyone nodded slowly when they heard this, and continued to digest this information.
It was mainly for Xiang Yong and Deng Su to digest. The former was responsible for military operations, and the latter was responsible for the reform of the natives and the implementation of the new law.
Zhou Yuan asked the maid to add more tea, then looked at everyone and said: "Next, I will talk about the specific solutions to the crisis in the southwest. Some are already being implemented, and some are about to be implemented. In any case, they are all in the next few days."
"Everyone has a task and must strictly complete the task. Once one aspect is not done well, it may leave sequelae, which is not conducive to the future development of the southwest."
Hearing this, everyone became more focused.
Zhou Yuan said: "Because we want to cut off the head and tail and save ourselves, we have to do both at the same time."
"For the head, we have to take advantage of the loose alliance between the major chieftains to sow discord and provoke them, so that they will not trust each other, or even completely oppose each other, and promote their internal chaos to achieve the goal of saving Fushun Prefecture."
"Deng Su, tomorrow you will issue an imperial edict on behalf of His Majesty as the Governor of Sichuan and notify the whole of Sichuan."
"The general content is that the court will confer An Fuman the title of King of Qian, and his fiefdom is the entire Guizhou region, and his autonomy is extremely large. Not only does he have administrative and military powers, but he also has judicial and taxation powers, which is equivalent to a country within a country."
This is a sword, a sword stabbing at the Tusi Adu and the Tusi Wumeng.
Because An Fuman's goal is to secede, if Mongolia and Huang Taiji succeed, and the giant Jin falls, he will have succeeded.
Now that Mongolia and Huang Taiji have failed, Zhou Yuan has personally gone south, and he has panicked to find Tusi Adu and Tusi Wumeng to cooperate to form a larger force.
When this imperial edict was issued, Tusi Adu and Tusi Wumeng would feel extremely uneasy and insecure.
Deng Su understood this and said immediately: "I will make arrangements tonight andIt can be sent out in the morning of the day."
Zhou Yuan said: "Xiong Kuohai, in the southwest region, the Jinyiwei has a wider and larger influence than the Nei Tingsi. You need to mobilize your secret agents to spread the imperial edict as soon as possible."
Xiong Kuohai said in a deep voice: "I obey your order."
This is of course far from enough. An imperial edict is not enough to make the chieftains kill each other.
So Zhou Yuan said: "Ye Qingying, you need to send someone to contact the upper echelons of the Adu chieftain and the Wumeng chieftain tomorrow to represent His Majesty to negotiate."
"If they can cooperate with the court to eliminate An Fuman, they can choose the title, silver and autonomy."
"The action must be secret, but it cannot be really secret. Do you understand this sentence?"
Ye Qingying said seriously: "Understood, let An Fuman find it secretly."
Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "That's exactly what I mean."