choke element

Chapter 423 Bold

Zheng Yande returned to Li Quan's camp, and in Li Quan's tent of the Chinese army, there were two more records on the detailed map.

After finishing writing, Li Quan said softly: "Tian Si, the Jurchen really thinks you have mutinied, and I don't think you will pay more attention to it in the next few days. However, everyone should be careful when crossing the river tomorrow night. After reconnaissance, he said that there are a lot of mud and reed ponds on the route, and it is inevitable that insects and poisonous snakes will be harassed; but the route can avoid the golden army sentry cavalry, and no one can change it without authorization. Tell the soldiers, I will personally accompany, everyone Anyone who disobeys orders, flicks candles, and makes loud noises will be executed regardless of their official position."

"Of order. Marshal rest assured."

"Go." Li Quan waved his hand.

Tian Si was in his thirties, tall and thin, with a sallow complexion, a knife scar on his forehead across his right eye, leaving a terrible scar under his eye socket.

The most powerful generals under Li Quan's command were his elder brother Li Fu and Liu Qingfu who was a junior officer in the Jin Army.Among them, Tian Si and Chen Zhi were particularly brave and good at fighting.Both of them wield long swords, so together with Li Quan, they have a nickname called "Iron Spear with Double Edges".

Of the two, Chen Zhi was better at fighting.And Tian Si was originally a salt dealer, but later turned into a bandit, running rampant in salt fields everywhere, killing people without count.Most of Tian Si's subordinates are top-notch salt thieves, and after being assembled into an army, they have always been good at lurking, hiding, raiding, and ambush.

In the past few years, Tian Si's temperament has become more and more ruthless and fierce, and his army management has also tended to be ruthless. No matter what happens, he will be killed immediately.Tian Si will definitely carry out Li Quanshi's few orders just now, and maybe even worse, chop off a few heads first to make an example of others.

The troops under Tian Si's command were the one that servant San Anzhen thought had almost mutinied.

In fact, they have been recharging their energy and recharging their energy for the past two days, preparing for a fierce battle.Together with Li Quan's headquarters, they were the main force preparing to ambush Pusan ​​Anzhen and Guo Ning.

After Tian Si left, Li Quan pondered for a moment, and then recruited to join the army: "Go to the camp, pick up two cows and twenty sheep, kill them all, dissect the bones, flesh and internal organs, find some gang leaders, and join me in a while. Go to Tian Si Yingzhong. Also, have you prepared all the reward money that was distributed in advance?"

"According to the Marshal's order, we prepared 2000 taels of silver, [-] copper coins, and [-] bolts of silk."

"Two times more. I will go to the camp with me to distribute it tonight. In addition, the subsequent rewards will be doubled as I promised earlier."

"Yes."

Li Quan thought for a while, and then said: "From now on, anyone who is able to send us news from the servant San Anzhen's camp... We will give them double as much as they want. As long as the servant San Anzhen farts loudly , I want to know where I put it!"

Some of the generals around snickered, and some enviously said: "The marshal is really bold."

"If we can use their eyes and ears, we will naturally be rewarded generously. But in the future, I will need the swords and guns in your hands! If we win this battle, we will have everything! I will never treat you badly! "

As soon as these words came out, all the generals smiled happily.Some people even planned on the spot that they would use the money to build a house, buy land, build a manor, and marry a dozen of his beautiful wives.As a result, people immediately laughed at him: You can get everything you want with a knife. Why waste money?

Li Quan heard the joke gradually unbearable, waved his hand, and all the generals immediately retreated from the hatchback in awe.

As soon as the people dispersed, another spy came back and reported to Li Quan in a low voice.

Li Quan nodded and wrote two more strokes on the map.

Just seven or eight years ago, the imperial court dispatched a large army to attack the Song Dynasty on nine routes. Several routes of soldiers and horses went deep into the Song Dynasty, killing the southern bandits with heavy casualties.But at the same time, the people in the Dajin Kingdom rebelled one after another, and the imperial army rushed here and there. When one fire was suppressed, ten fires followed.

Just because the number of participants exceeded a thousand, the imperial court had to dispatch heavy troops from the neighboring military prefectures to encircle and suppress them. There were Monk Ma from the Daming Mansion, Zhang Wang from Donghai County, Du Kui from Shanzhou, Liu Hai from Gongzhou, Zhang He from Jizhou, Zang An'er from Guide Mansion, Tongzhou Qu Li, Yin Xiaoer in Xianzhou, Xu Tong in Mizhou, Liu Xizhong in Jinan, etc., and of course, there are Yang An'er and Liu Erzu who are very powerful in Shandong.

Although the imperial court had the upper hand in the war with the Song State in the Southern Dynasty, in the end, they only got an extra [-] annual coins, silver and silk, and changed the relationship between the Jin and Song emperors from the former uncle and nephew to uncle and nephew, but they failed to gain any size and territory.In fact, there were fires everywhere in the rear, and the army in front was unsustainable.

Why was the imperial army able to suppress the people of the Song Dynasty, but failed to quell the rebellions in various places?
This is related to the drastic change in the ethnic composition of the Jin Kingdom's army.

When the Kingdom of Jin was first established, the Meng'an Mouke Army was a uniform Jurchen warrior. The army marched everywhere. The Han children in the north were like running dogs, and the weak Song in the Southern Dynasty were like pigs and sheep, and they came and went as swiftly as thunder.By this time, Meng'an Mouke had become decadent, and the imperial court gathered troops and had to sign in a large number of Han'er, and all of them took the Jurchens as officers.

It appears that this arrangement ensured the imperial court's control over the army.But in fact, after the army is assembled, the generals of the Han will face the high-ranking and wolf-like Jurchen nobles, and the villagers who are desperate to raise troops. Which side will they sympathize with?Which side do you support?
From the last years of Taihe to the early years of Da'an, the court soldiers and horses who suppressed bandits everywhere were riddled with holes and leaks everywhere.Any decisions and arrangements made by the high-ranking Jurchen generals will be easily leaked and fall into the grasp of the rebels.The court officials in charge of suppressing the bandits hated it deeply, and had no way to kill Han Er, so they could only massacre wherever they went, trying to cut off the connection between the officials and the army, the local people and the rebels.

This situation was not alleviated a little until the imperial court aggressively introduced the Yi army to the south.

But at this very moment, Pu San Anzhen made the same mistakes again.

From Pu San Anzhen's point of view, he has put in a lot of effort to gather the common people and care for the refugees, so he should be able to win people's hearts.But among the subordinates he entangled, many suffered from the court far more than they received favors from the court.The scholars who were forced to join the army, and the farmers who cried because they left their homes, followed the servant Anzhen, just for a bite to eat.Han'er's status also determines that they have no future in the army.

At this time, what would happen when they met such a tycoon like Li Quan?
Servant Anzhen always took the imperial order and promised empty words, but Li Quan really gave benefits, and really gave out tinkling gold and silver!Who can not be tempted?Besides, it doesn't take many people who are interested in this gold and silver to be secretly bought by Li Quan. Only one or two people in a specific position are enough to turn things around!

It's a pity... this set is of no use to the Ding Navy.

Li Quan turned his gaze to the south of the map, looked at Zizhou, Yidu and other places, shook his head and sighed.

The establishment of the navy depends on the soldiers, and Guo Ning really divides the land for the soldiers!
Compared with money, fields are more attractive; and accompanying the fields are family members, expectations rooted in Shandong, and the attraction of soldiers is not comparable to pure money.

Li Quan is very aware of the difference, but he can't do the trick of dividing up the land and equalizing the rich and the poor.

In the final analysis, his army and territory are still a collection of landlords and wealthy people.He himself, and even the generals below Li Fu, also took advantage of the chaos to occupy the land, transformed from an ordinary tycoon into a big landlord, and regarded his subordinates as private property.

This kind of thing that cut off the foundation of the landlord and the wealthy people, Li Quanmo said he did it, it is absurd to think about it.

But Ding Haijun did such a thing.When they massacred landlords and powerful people in Laizhou, they still used the banner of the imperial court, and then took the land they seized from the powerful people to reward their own heroes and win the hearts of the people!
Li Quan was really envious of this.

Perhaps, by capturing Guo Ning and Pu San Anzhen, the family's prestige can be greatly increased.With this power, he can divide the land widely, perhaps, can make the soldiers under his command like a navy, with only the commander in his eyes, and always have the heart of fighting to the death?

Li Quan walked two steps back and forth in the Chinese army tent, he couldn't help feeling overwhelmed and excited.

There is no doubt that this is a means to the career of king and hegemony. Guo Ning uses it very effectively, and I, Li Quan, can also follow suit.As long as I can capture Guo Ning this time, I can do better than him!

No, after capturing Guo Ning, you can temporarily use his life to intimidate the generals of the navy, but Guo Ning must not allow him to live... If you keep his life for a long time, it will be a disaster. I have to find a reason to kill him to avoid future troubles!
Thinking of this, Li Quan asked again: "Ding Haijun, what's going on?"

He emphasized his tone: "Then Guo Ning is more important than Pu San An Zhen!"

(End of this chapter)